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Tin Oxide

Our database includes 1650 products that contain Tin Oxide.

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What it is

Exfoliant

Explained

Tin Oxide is an inorganic oxide used to add opacity and volume to a product. In nature, it is already found in mineral form. The main ore of tin is an opaque and shiny mineral called casseterite.

Tin Oxide helps remove translucency in a product, or make it more opaque. Besides adding opacity, tin oxide is used for bulking to add volume.

Also known as: Tin(Iv) Oxide

Tin Oxide is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 3.8% of the products in our database containing it.

What it does:

Abrasive

Where it's used

Tin Oxide is most often found as ingredient number 23 within an ingredient list.

These are the categories of products that use Tin Oxide the most:

CosIng Data

  • CosIng ID: 80260
  • INCI Name: TIN OXIDE
  • EC #: Ā 242-159-0
  • All Functions: Abrasive, Bulking, Opa CI Fying, Viscosity Controlling
What is CosIng?

CosIng is the European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients.

SkinSort uses CosIng to source some of it's data on ingredient names and functions.