DEHP
A phthalate-ester plasticiser of phthalic acid and 2-ethylhexanol, historically the most widely used general-purpose plasticiser for flexible polyvinyl chloride and now restricted in many applications.
Also called Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.
How it connects
DEHP is a kind of Plasticiser.
Other kinds of Plasticiser: DEHT, DINCH and Epoxidised soybean oil.
In other taxonomies
- Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateCAS Registry Number, 117-81-7the same thing
- diethylhexyl phthalateWikidata, Q418492nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
DEHP
4 terms, DEHT to Epoxidised soybean oil
Record
- Also called
- Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
- Broader
- Plasticiser
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); CAS Registry, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/dehpKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPlasticiseroutgoing
- narrowerPlasticiserincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Plasticiseroutgoing
- sibling (derived)DEHToutgoing
- sibling (derived)DINCHoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Epoxidised soybean oiloutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS Registry Number | 117-81-7 | Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q418492 | diethylhexyl phthalate | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026DEHP | Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | dehp via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |