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Mineral oil

heavy

Synonym(s):

White mineral oil (petroleum)

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CAS Number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.21

Quality Level

form

liquid (colorless)

color

white

refractive index

n20/D 1.467 (lit.)

density

0.862 g/mL at 25 °C

InChI key

AEOVEGJBKQQFOP-DDVLFWKVSA-L

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General description

Mineral oil is made up of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons. It is mainly found in hair oil formulations and liquid emollients used in cosmetics.

Application

Mineral oil has been used:
  • in transplantation experiments
  • in the preparation of Psuedomonas aeruginosa embedded beads
  • for diluting benzaldehyde and 3-octanol, for its use in short-term memory experiments

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

No data available

flash_point_c

No data available

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves


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