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Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate

CAS 29420-49-3

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

2409599-01-3

Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Potassium nonafluorobutanesulfonate · Pfbs-k · Pfbsa · Ppbs · Ppfbs · Potassium nonafluorobutane-1-sulfonate

Show all 25 names

potassium 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane-1-sulfonate · 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS) · C4F9KO3S · Nanofluorobutanesulfonic acid potassium salt · Nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate potassium salt · Nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonic acid potassium salt · Nonafluorobutane-1-sulfonic acid potassium salt · Nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid potassium salt · Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid potassium · Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid potassium salt · Potassium nonaflate · Potassium PERFLUORO-1-BUTANESULFONATE · Potassium perfluorobutylsulfonate · Perfluoro butane sulfonic acid (PFBS) · Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid potassium salt · Potassium nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate · Potassium perfluorobutane sulfonate · potassium PFBS · potassiumnonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate yet.

Recorded functional uses: Flame retardant · Wetting agent (non-aqueous)

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flame retardant, Wetting agent (non-aqueous).
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flame retardant, Wetting agent (non-aqueous).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 Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-05-04

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 EPA CPDat has listed Potassium perfluorobutanesulfonate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

4

Typical roles

Flame retardantWetting agent (non-aqueous)
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