Mineral oil, liquid

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Mineral oil, liquid
Mineral oil

A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum. Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline and other petroleum-based products from crude oil. A mineral oil in this sense is a transparent, colorless oil composed mainly of alkanes and cyclic paraffins, related to petroleum jelly (also known as "white petrolatum").


  • Viscosity: 65.80 - 71.00 Centistokes (at 40 °C) (Lit.)
  • Refractive Index: n20/D 1.467 (lit.)


Mineral oil is used as an overlay covering microdrops of culture medium in petri dishes, during the culture of oocytes and embryos in IVF and related procedures. It also has its applications in food processing, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Boiling Pt: 218…643 °C (1013 hPa)
Density: 0,81…0.894 (15 °C)
Storage Temperature: Ambient
MDL Number: MFCD00131611
CAS Number: 8012-95-1

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