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Cobaltous phosphate

CAS 13455-36-2

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

10101-56-1 · 137525-12-3 · 1820673-11-7 · 2763760-61-6

Cobaltous phosphate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cobaltous phosphate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Cobalt orthophosphate (Co3(PO4)2) · C.I. 77360 · C.I. pigment violet 14 · Cobalt(2+) phosphate (3/2) · Phosphoric acid COBALT(2+) salt (2:3) · tris(cobalt(2+)) diphosphate

Show all 21 names

Cobalt phosphate hydrate · Co3O8P2 · Cobalt phosphate (Co3(PO4)2) · anhydrous Cobalt phosphate · Cobalt(2+) phosphate · Cobalt(II) phosphate · Cobalt(II) phosphate, anhydrous · Cobaltum Phosphoricum · PK5033 · Phosphoric acid, cobalt(2+) salt (2:3) · Tricobalt bis(orthophosphate) · Tricobalt diphosphate · UNII-0B5M38T47H · cobalt phosphate · tricobaltous;diphosphate

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Cobaltous phosphate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Arts and crafts/office supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pigment.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Arts and crafts/office supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pigment.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 8 active drug products and 8 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 8 active drug products and 8 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

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

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-02-27

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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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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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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 FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Cobaltous phosphate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

8

Typical roles

Colourant
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