4-Aminoazobenzene
What is it?
4-Aminoazobenzene is primarily an azo dye used in leather, textile, and paint dyes.
How can I avoid it?
Avoidance requires reading labels, package inserts, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and on occasion, direct communication with the manufacturer.
Uses:
- Dyes
- Food additive in baking industries
- Inks/Inkjet printers
- Insecticides
- Lacquers
- Leather dyes
- Newsprint (colored)
- Yellow pigments
- Pyrotechnics
- Varnishes
- Wax products
Other names for 4-Aminoazobenzene:
- 4-(Phenylazo) benzenamine
- Aminoazobenzene
- Aniline yellow
- C.I. Solvent Yellow 1
- P-(Phenylazo) aniline
- P-Aminoazobenzene
- P-Aminodiphenylimide
- Solvent Yellow 1
- Induline R
- Cellitazol R
Potential cross-reacting/co-reacting substances:
- Sulfanilamide
- Disperse Orange 3
- Other para-amino compounds
- para-Aminobenzoic acid
- p-Phenylenediamine (PPD)
- p-Aminphenol
- p-Toluylenediamine
- 4,4’-Diaminodiphenylmethane
