Aluminium chlorohydrate

  • Aluminum chlorohydrate
  • A basic aluminum chloride
  • Aluminum chloride, basic
  • Aluminum chlorohydrate (INCI)
  • Dialuminii chloridum pentahydroxidum (Latin )
  • Aluminum oxychloride (English)

M05BX02

Fixed

~ 1.34 g · cm -3

~ 80 ° C ( decomposition)

Slightly soluble in water: 500 g · l-1 (20 ° C)

For the aqueous 20-30 % solution

Risk

> 2000 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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Aluminum hydroxychloride, a mixture of salts having the composition AlnCl (3n -m) (OH) m, for example Al2Cl (OH) 5 They are produced and used, for example in reducing sweat cosmetics and personal care products, as well as in wastewater treatment usually as a mixture of practical nonisolable individual compounds.

Use

Aluminum hydroxy chloride is classified as " High Production Volume Chemical ". The substance mixture is used among other things in the paper and textile industries as well as in water treatment as flocculation and sedimentation, as well as in the cosmetic industry as an antiperspirant.

Effects and hazards

Applied to the skin, the aluminum narrowed by denaturation of proteins of the skin cells, the pores and thus reduces the sweating. Aluminum chlorohydrate may thus lead to toxic side effect skin irritation, inflammation of glands and granulomas.

Aluminum chlorohydrate deodorants is suspected to cause breast cancer, even though the recording is not clear in the cells. A work from 2008, when the previous studies were summarized on this subject, comes to the conclusion that there is no scientific evidence supporting this claim.

CAS registry number PubChem Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System Dangerous Substances Directive (67/548/EEC) Antitranspirant Denaturation (biochemistry)
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