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Mineral oil

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

Synonym(s):

White mineral oil (petroleum)

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CAS Number:
8042-47-5
EC Number:
232-455-8
MDL number:
MFCD00131611
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
NACRES:
NA.21
technique(s):
PCR: suitable

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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

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General description

Mineral oils are complex mixtures of straight and branched chain paraffinic, naphthenic and aromatic hydrocarbons refined from petroleum crude oils.[1] 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.[2] Mineral oil is used as overlaying agent in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and electrophoretic techniques to avoid evaporation.[3][4]

Application

Mineral oil has been used:
  • to overlay the samples to avoid evaporation in denaturing gel[5] PCR reaction mix[3][4]
  • in emulsion preparation for emulsion PCR[6]

Packaging

6 mL size is supplied in plastic dropper bottle.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

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ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves

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European Journal of Biochemistry, 271(16), 3360-3367 (2004)
Biodegradation of mineral oils-A review
Aluyor EO and Ori-Jesu M
African Journal of Biotechnology, 8(6), 915-920 (2009)
A review on the extensive skin benefits of mineral oil
Rawlings AV and Lombard KJ
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 34(6), 511-518 (2012)
Bisulfite genomic sequencing: systematic investigation of critical experimental parameters
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