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Indium

CAS 7440-74-6

Indium chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Indium in plain language

What it is

Also known as Elemental indium · Headache sore throat · ICP standard Inidum 2-5% HNO3 1000 microg/mL · Indium (powder) · Indium element · Indium metal

Show all 18 names

Indium powder, -100 mesh · Indium shot · Indium shot, tear drop, 4mm (0.2in) · in · in (indium) · indigane · indio · indium (mfr cas # 7440-44-6) · indium atom · indium. %:<200 ppm (wt). · radioactive indium · Indium metallicum

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Degradant/impurity · Plating agent

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

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 217 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Medical/dental, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Degradant/impurity, Plating agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 217 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Medical/dental, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Degradant/impurity, Plating agent.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Indium. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Indium 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 october 21, 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 Indium in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

217

Named organisations

4

Construction and building materialsMedical/dentalRaw materialsBatteriesSpecialty occupational productsPersonal care

Typical roles

Degradant/impurityPlating agent
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Indium; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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