How we scored it
Where it comes from
Industrial carbon black is manufactured by partial combustion or thermal cracking of heavy petroleum oil or natural gas. No mineral or botanical carbon feedstock is used commercially for this colorant.
In plain English
A black colorant of pure carbon particles, made by partially burning petroleum oil or natural gas. Used to give products a black or grey tint.
CosIng definition: CI 77266 is a colorant composed of finely divided particles of elemental carbon obtained by the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons.
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Structure
methane
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2CI 77266. PubChem CID 5462310. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3CI 77266. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4CI 77266. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CI%2077266