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Sodium C10-18 alkanesulfonates

CAS 68037-49-0

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

54747-73-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium C10-18 alkanesulfonates in plain language

What it is

Also known as Sodium C10-18-alkanesulfonates · Sulfonic acids, C10-18-ALKANESULFONIC, sodium salts · (C10-C18)Alkylsulfonic acid, sodium salt · Alkyl(C10-18) sulfonic acids sodium salts · C10-18-alkanesulfonic acids, sodium salts · Sodium ALKYL(C10-18)SULFONATE

Show all 15 names

Sodium alkane sulfonate · Sodium sulfonates, C10-18-alkane · Sulfonic acids, C10-​18-​alkanesulfonic, sodium salts · Volgonat · alkyl (C8-C22) sulphonic acid · n-Alkyl(C10-C18)sulfonic acids, sodium salts · sodium secondary c13-18 alkyl sulfonate · sulfonic acids, c10-18-alkane, sodium salts · sulfonic acids, c10-18-alkane, sodiumsalts

What it does

Used in consumer products as a surfactant and an antistatic agent.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium C10-18 alkanesulfonates appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • Inactive ingredient in US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 10 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Anti-static agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 10 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Anti-static agent.Source →
  • USFDAinactive ingredient databaseRoute: TOPICAL; Dosage form: SHAMPOO, SUSPENSION; Potency: 2.5 %w/w
    • Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: SHAMPOO, SUSPENSION; Potency: 2.5 %w/wSource →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sodium C10-18 alkanesulfonates 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 8/17/19

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA Inactive Ingredient Database

    regulatory · updated 2026-01-09

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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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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 Sodium C10-18 alkanesulfonates in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

10

Named organisations

6

Raw materialsCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

SurfactantAntistatic
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