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Dipotassium metasilicate

CAS 10006-28-7

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

1433822-72-0 · 2815279-65-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Dipotassium metasilicate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Potassium silicate · Dipotassium oxosilanebis(olate) · Dipotassium silicate · Dipotassium silicate (K2SiO3) · Potassium metasilicate (K2SiO3) · Potassium silicate (K2SiO3)

Show all 15 names

Silicic acid (H2SiO3), dipotassium salt · Silicic acid (H2SiO3)​, potassium salt (1:2) · dipotassium metasilicate (silicate binder) · potassium metasilicate · potassium metasilicate or silicate binder · silicate binder · silicate binders · silicate binders and cas#:6834-92-0 · silicate binders aslo cas:6834-92-0.

What it does

Used in consumer products as a chelating agent.

  • Chelating agent
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Dipotassium metasilicate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 174 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Industrial products, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Chelating agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 174 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Industrial products, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Chelating agent.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 3 active drug products and 3 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 3 active drug products and 3 total products.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Dipotassium metasilicate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-01-14

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2026-12-31

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Dipotassium metasilicate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

174

Named organisations

1

Laboratory suppliesIndustrial productsCleaning and safety

Typical roles

Chelating agent
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