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Fluoboric acid

CAS 16872-11-0

Also registered as 29 other CAS numbers

1303-67-9 · 13767-36-7 · 36835-64-0 · 65814-43-9 · 67116-13-6 · 72802-72-3 · 74618-51-2 · 81586-24-5 · 96958-96-2 · 102931-96-4 · 122141-73-5 · 127408-00-8 · 133097-00-4 · 133951-38-9 · 140148-87-4 · 172515-29-6 · 172908-18-8 · 183135-74-2 · 191665-41-5 · 350009-05-1 · 496925-14-5 · 547767-06-6 · 845825-70-9 · 900178-90-7 · 1056477-09-8 · 1178564-64-1 · 1262801-47-7 · 1414852-51-9 · 1631149-30-8

Fluoboric acid chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Fluoboric acid in plain language

What it is

Also known as Fluoroboric acid · Tetrafluoroboric acid · BORATE(1-), tetrafluoro-, hydrogen (1:1) · Borofluoric acid · Fluoboric acid (HBF4) · Hydrofluoboric acid

Show all 19 names

Hydrogen tetrafluoroborate (1-)(1:1) · Hydrogen TETRAFLUOROBORATE(1-) · Hydrogen tetrafluoridoborate(1-) · hydron tetrafluoroborate · Borate, tetrafluoro-, hydrogen · Borate(1-), tetrafluoro-, hydrogen · Fluoboric acid (H(BF4)) · HBF4 · Hydrogen tetrafluoroborate · UN-1775 · UN1775 · hydrogen tetrafluoroborate (hydrofluoboric acid) · hydron;tetrafluoroborate

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Fluoboric acid yet.

Recorded functional uses: Degradant/impurity

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Fluoboric acid appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 62 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Degradant/impurity.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 62 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Degradant/impurity.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 Fluoboric acid 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 november 22, 2016

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

Source records

62

Named organisations

1

Home maintenanceLaboratory suppliesCleaning products and household careRaw materialsIndustrial productsCleaning and safety

Typical roles

Degradant/impurity
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