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Ethane

CAS 74-84-0

Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents)

Ethane chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

What we know about this ingredient

Ethane is in the Greenveil catalog but has not been assessed — "Not assessed" means we have no published hazard evidence for it yet, not that it is safe.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Ethane appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 76 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents).
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 76 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents).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 Ethane 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 jul 13 1999

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →

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

Source records

76

Named organisations

5

Construction and building materialsLaboratory suppliesPersonal careCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents)
See products using Ethane