White Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline) CAS 8009-03-8 is a semi-liquid mixture of alkanes or saturated hydrocarbons, also known as petrolatum, which is obtained by fractional distillation of petroleum. Its state is between solid and liquid at room temperature, and there are three colors of brown, yellow and white due to different uses. Natural petroleum jelly is derived from petroleum residual oil concentrates such as paraffinic heavy oil; artificial petroleum jelly is derived from a mixture of mineral oil thickened with pure ceresin, paraffin and paraffin grease. Vaseline has a smell of mineral oil, but no kerosene. Can be used as raw materials for medicines and cosmetics, and also for machine lubrication.
Product name Petrolatum
Other name Petroleum jelly/ vaseline
CAS Number 8009-03-8
Application
Widely used for making pharmaceutical ointment and skin protect cream; Corrosion prevention of precision instrument and medical appliance, etc; As ingredients of high grade cosmetics and other daily commodities
Specification
Appearance Translucent soft Unctuous
Drop point °C 42-60
Cone Penetration (0.1mm) 130-210
Polycyclic Aromatie Hydrocarbons (265-420nm) Not more than 1.08
UV Absorbance (290nm) Not more than 0.5
Sulphated ash Not more than 0.1%
Packing
165kg/iron drum or as per request