PETROLATUM

Synonyms. Petrolatum; Cosmoline; Mineral fat; Mineral grease (petrolatum); Mineral wax; Moroline, Paraffin jelly; Penreco white; Petroleum jelly; Saxoline; Soft paraffin; Vaseline; Vasoliment; White petrolatum; White petroleum jelly

 

 

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS RN

8009-03-8

EINECS RN

232-373-2

FORMULA

 

MOLE WEIGHT

 

H.S CODE

2712.10.0000

SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

Petroleum product, Lubricant, Emollient, Pharmaceutic aid, Ointment base

EXTRA NOTES

Other RN: 8027-32-5, 8038-17-3, 8040-87-7, 8040-97-9, 8041-83-6, 8044-23-3, 8044-24-4, 8044-44-8, 8044-45-9, 8044-46-0, 8057-56-5, 8063-

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE.

yellow to brown paste

MELTING POINT

50 ~ 60 C

BOILING POINT

>300 C

DENSITY

0.84

SOLUBILITY IN WATER

Insoluble

SOLVENT SOLUBILITY

Practically insoluble in glycerol, alcohol, soluble in benzene, chloroform, ether, petroleum ether, carbon disulfide.

VAPOR DENSITY

 

log P(octanol-water)

 

VAPOR PRESSURE

 

AUTOIGNITION TEMP

 
pK

 

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 

FLASH POINT

186 ~ 256 C

 

STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
STABILITY Stable under normal conditions.

INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS

Strong oxidizing agents, Strong acids, Strong bases

POLYMERIZATION

Has not been reported

NFPA RATINGS

Health: 1, Flammability: 0, Reactivity: 0

 

EXTERNAL LINKS & GENERAL DESCRIPTION

USA.gov - Petrolatum

Wikipedia Linking - Petroleum jelly

Google Scholar Search - Petrolatum

U.S. National Library of Medicine - Petrolatum

NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) -  Petrolatum

Material Safety Data Sheet - Petrolatum

Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Petrolatum

EPA - Substance Registry Services - Petrolatum

 

SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

yellow to brown paste

MELTING POINT

45 ~ 80 C

ACID VALUE

0.1 max (KOH/g)

WATER

Nil

 

TRANSPORT & REGULATORY INFORMATION

UN NO.

 

HAZARD CLASS

 

PACKING GROUP  

 

SAFETY INFORMATION

HAZARD OVERVIEW

Not a hazardous substance.

RISK PHRASES

 

SAFETY PHRASES

 

 

PACKING

Preserve in light-resistant and well-closed containers