M3516

Mineral oil

suitable for preparation of Nujol mulls for infrared spectroscopy, light oil

• Synonym(s): White mineral oil (petroleum)
• CAS Number: 8042-47-5
• EC Number: 232-455-8
• MDL number: MFCD00131611
• UNSPSC Code: 12352211
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• form: light oil
• Quality Level: 200
• technique(s): PCR: suitable
• refractive index: n20/D 1.467 (lit.)
• density: 0.84 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• suitability: suitable for preparation of Nujol mulls for infrared spectroscopy
• InChI key: AEOVEGJBKQQFOP-DDVLFWKVSA-L

Description

General description

Mineral oils are complex mixtures of straight and branched chain paraffinic, naphthenic and aromatic hydrocarbons refined from petroleum crude oils. Mineral oil with a carbon number of 15 to 25 is categorized as light oil and 25 to 50 as heavy oil. Mineral oil is commonly used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries especially in skin care products. Mineral oil is used as overlaying agent in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and electrophoretic techniques to avoid evaporation.

Application

Mineral oil has been used:

• to overlay the samples to avoid evaporation in denaturing gel PCR reaction mix
• in emulsion preparation for emulsion PCR

Packaging

6 mL size is supplied in plastic dropper bottle.

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 10 - Combustible liquids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): No data available
• Flash Point(C): No data available
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves