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Mineral oil

liquid (colorless), heavy

• Synonym(s): White mineral oil (petroleum)
• CAS Number: 8042-47-5
• UNSPSC Code: 12352100
• NACRES: NA.21
• EC Number: 232-455-8
• MDL number: MFCD00131611

Properties

• Product Name: Mineral oil, heavy
• Quality Segment: 200
• 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

Description

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

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 10 - Combustible liquids
• wgk: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: No data available
• flash_point_c: No data available
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves