Black 2; Carbon Black

(in 5,306 products)

1. Colorant - Pigments or dyes that are added in order to change or enhance the color.

Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar, with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil. Carbon black is mainly used as a reinforcing filler in tires and other rubber products. In plastics, paints, and inks, carbon black is used as a color pigment.

Carbon black has been used in various applications for electronics. A good conductor of electricity, carbon black is used as a filler mixed in plastics, elastomer, films, adhesives, and paints. It is used as an antistatic additive agent in automobile fuel caps and pipes.

Carbon black from vegetable origin is used as a food coloring, known in Europe as additive E153. The color pigment carbon black has been widely used for many years in food and beverage packaging.

1. South Korea - Ministry of Food and Drug Safety - Prohibited/Restricted Chemicals

- Ref: 557

2. US California Proposition 65, Chemicals known to the State to Cause Cancer

- Carbon black (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size), Carbon-black extracts

3. WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Group 2B [2018]

- Carbon black

4. EU CosIng Annex IV, COLORANTS ALLOWED IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS [2017]

- Ref: IV/126

5. Association of Southeast Asian Nations Annex IV - Part 1, Allowed Colorants

- CI 77266