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Mineral oil

heavy

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

Properties

• Quality Level: 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

Packaging

1 L in poly 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