H2O4S
98.08 g/mol
Industrial ChemicalDanger
SULFURIC ACID
CAS7664-93-9EC231-639-5
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
n.a
Primary Use
Fertilizer, petroleum refining, battery production
Sulfuric acid is a colorless, odorless, viscous mineral acid that is miscible with water. It is a highly important industrial chemical with widespread use in fertilizer production, petroleum refining, and battery manufacturing.
Fertilizer manufacturingPetroleum refiningBattery production
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Safety Reference
Danger
H314Causes severe skin burns and eye damage
H290May be corrosive to metals
H318Causes serious eye damage
H330Fatal if inhaled
H370Causes damage to organs
H372Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
H402Harmful to aquatic life
H410Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
H303May be harmful if swallowed
Regulatory Compliance5
- EU Explosives Precursors (Regulation 2019/1148)EURegulation
- CN Catalogue of Hazardous ChemicalsCNRegulation
- CN Precursor Chemicals Cat.3CNRegulation
- UN 1988 Convention Table II ChemicalsGlobalInternational ConventionListedSource
- US DEA List II ChemicalsUSRegulation
Customs Tariff Classification
The international HS code for SULFURIC ACID (CAS 7664-93-9) is 2807.00.
HS code (international, 6-digit)
2807.00
EU CN code (8-digit)
2807 00 00
Classification per the EU customs inventory ECICS (2026-07 snapshot, HS 2022). National tariff lines and product form can affect the final classification.
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
sulfuric acid
InChIKey
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
OS(=O)(=O)O
Synonyms (96)
- BOV
- E-513
- Sulfuric acid, puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, 95-97%
- USP Solution Sulfuric Acid 1.00 Normal Conforms to USP
- 0.05M Sulphuric acid
- 0.5M Sulphuric acid
- 2M Sulfuric acid (+/- 0.1 M)
- 4.1M Sulfuric acid
- 7M Sulfuric acid (+/- 0.3 M)
- Acide sulfurique
- Acide sulfurique [French]
- Acido solforico
- Acido solforico [Italian]
- Acido sulfurico
- Acido sulfurico [Spanish]
- Acidum Sulphuricum
- Acidum sulfuricum
- Anhydrous sulfuric acid
- Battery acid
- Brimstone acid
- Caswell No. 815
- Cgrp(chicken)
- Colds Flu
- Dihydrogen sulfate
- Dihydrogen sulphate
- Dipping acid
- Electrolyte acid
- G-sulfuric acid
- H2 (S O4)
- INS NO.513
- Matting acid
- Mattling acid
- Nigeran
- Nordhausen acid
- Opsonat
- Oriental Medicine Detox
- Retinol Impurity A
- SULFURIC ACID
- SULFURIC ACID [MART.]
- Schwefelsaeure
- Schwefelsaeureloesungen
- Sulfur oxide (SO4)
- Sulfuric Acid(96%, w/w)
- Sulfuric acid (NF)
- Sulfuric acid (aqueous)
- Sulfuric acid with >51% acid
- Sulfuric acid, 90.0-91.0%
- Sulfuric acid, 95-99%
- Sulfuric acid, 95.0-97.0%
- Sulfuric acid, extra pure
- Sulfuric acid, p.a., 93-98%
- Sulfuric acid, spent
- Sulphuric acid
- Sulphuric acid, dilute
- Sulphuricum acidum
- Zwavelzuuroplossingen
- Zwavelzuuroplossingen [Dutch]
- dihydrogen tetraoxosulfate
- dihydroxidodioxidosulfur
- hydrogen tetraoxosulfate(2-)
- hydrogen tetraoxosulfate(VI)
- suIfuric acid
- suiphuric acid
- sulfur acid
- sulfuric aicd
- tetraoxosulfuric acid