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Ammonium polyphosphates

CAS 68333-79-9

Also registered as 10 other CAS numbers

69494-34-4 · 158859-30-4 · 179095-17-1 · 307314-12-1 · 811862-84-7 · 866775-46-4 · 1174498-63-5 · 1204183-58-3 · 1310326-46-5 · 2306251-62-5

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Ammonium polyphosphates in plain language

What it is

Also known as APP (fireproofing agent) · Albaplas AP 95 · Amgard CL · Ammonium Polyphosphate (APP) · superphosphate Ammonium orthophosphate · Ammonium polyphosphate

Show all 14 names

Ammonium polyphosphate (standard / coated / with synergists) · Phosphorous and Nitrogen based · Phosphorus and nitogen based · ammonium salt Polymetaphosphoric acid · ammonium salt Polyphosphoric acid · ammonium salts Polyphosphoric acids · S 1000 (fireproofing agent) · ammonium polyphosphate solution

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Ammonium polyphosphates yet.

Recorded functional uses: Carbon donor · Flame retardant · Flocculating agent

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Ammonium polyphosphates appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 52 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flame retardant, carbon donor, Flocculating agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 52 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flame retardant, carbon donor, Flocculating agent.Source →

Evidence & sources

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

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 Ammonium polyphosphates in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

52

Named organisations

6

Raw materialsConstruction and building materialsFurniture and furnishingsHome maintenanceIndustrial productsLandscape/yard

Typical roles

Carbon donorFlame retardantFlocculating agentIntumescent systems
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