Zinc chloride
CAS: 7646-85-7 | Type: heavy_metal
Low To Moderate Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Low To Moderate
Risk (Children)Low To Moderate
Regulatory Status
SummaryNo major regulatory flags
Molecular FormulaCl2Zn
Molecular Weight136.3
Sources
No citations are recorded specifically for the human adult context, so the record-wide source list is shown. It backs the record, not this particular band.
- Zinc Chloride ZnCl2 Essential Trace Element 300 Metalloenzymes Zinc Finger; Electroplating Flux Wood Preservation Rayon Synthesis Battery; ZnCl2 Smoke Military ARDS Pulmonary Fibrosis Inhalation Hazard; EU CLP Acute Tox 4 H302 Eye Dam 1 H318 Aquatic Acute 1 H400; RDA 8-11 mg/day UL 40 mg/day Copper Antagonism; IARC Not Evaluated Not Carcinogenic; WFD EQS Zinc Hardness-Dependent 7.8-125 μg/L; Tire Wear ZnO Urban Runoff Aquatic REGULATORY · 2020
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
- where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 5727) PUBCHEM
- Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
- CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- PubChem computed properties for CID 5727 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase ASCII release ecotox_ascii_09_15_2026 DATABASE
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 5727; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 5727 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006: Annex VI, Part 3, Table 3.1 (Official Journal L 353, 31.12.2008) REGULATORY · 2008
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