Skip to content
  • industrial
  • pharma

Cobalt oxide

CAS 11104-61-3

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

1906206-74-3 · 2101610-25-5

Cobalt oxide chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cobalt oxide in plain language

What it is

Also known as Cobaltic-cobaltous oxide · cobalt(2+);bis(cobalt(3+));tetrakis(oxygen(2-)) · Cobalt (ii,iii) oxide · Co(3)O(4) · Cobalt (II,III) Oxide Powder, 99% Nano · Cobalt oxide black

Show all 18 names

Cobalt tetraoxide · Cobalt(II,III) oxide, 99.7% (metals basis), -400 Mesh Powder · Cobaltum Oxydatum · Daipyroxide 7560 · Daipyroxide Color 7560 · Ec 215-157-2 · Oxyde de cobalt · Tricobalt tetraoxide · UNII-USK772NS56 · commercial cobalt oxides · cobalt(2+);cobalt(3+);oxygen(2-) · oxocobalt; oxo(oxocobaltiooxy)cobalt

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. Cobalt oxide 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 11 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including tile body, Surface modifier, Pigment.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 11 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including tile body, Surface modifier, 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 →

Evidence & sources

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

4 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-05-09

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2026-12-31

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

Source records

11

Named organisations

4

Laboratory suppliesConstruction and building materials

Typical roles

Colourant
See products using Cobalt oxide →