SILICA
Silica is the English name recorded for SILICA. The entry identifies the ingredient as Silicon dioxide and presents silicon oxide(IV) as a Spanish localised name. These designations make it possible to recognise the substance's chemical reference beyond the INCI name.
SILICA: what it is
Silica is the English name recorded for SILICA. The entry identifies the ingredient as Silicon dioxide and presents silicon oxide(IV) as a Spanish localised name. These designations make it possible to recognise the substance's chemical reference beyond the INCI name.
CAS and EC numbers appear with more than one reference in the record. They should therefore be read as part of the available identification set, rather than reduced to one value when the entry itself presents several.
SILICA: what it does in cosmetics
SILICA is classified as ABRASIVE, ABSORBENT, ANTICAKING, BULKING, OPACIFYING and VISCOSITY CONTROLLING. The entry brings together functions related to abrasion, absorption, prevention of caking, bulking, opacifying and viscosity control in a formula.
That set shows that silica can have distinct technical roles depending on the composition. The classifications do not reveal which role was used in a package, in what amount or the final result of a particular product.
SILICA: conditions and care
No cosmetic restriction, maximum concentration, condition of use or other regulation is filled in for SILICA in this entry. The record also provides no accompanying text from which a numerical limit or particular condition of use could be established.
The absence of those fields describes only the information available here. It is not a safety assessment and does not confirm that no care, limits or requirements exist outside the data presented.
Products containing this ingredient
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