CALCIUM SILICATE

Function
absorbent, bulking, opacifying
CAS
1344-95-2
Comedogenic
0–1DERIVED, not measured: no member of the inorganic_salt family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Magnesium aluminum silicate 0, Bentonite 0, Kaolin 0, Talc 1, Iron oxides 0, Titanium dioxide 0, Zinc oxide 1 -- every simple mineral in Table I is 0 or 1. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
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Definition

Calcium Silicate is a hydrous or anhydrous silicate with varying proportions of calcium oxide and silica.

Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.