Product category : Paraffin
Unicorn petroleum industries private limited is into business of producing of petro-chemical products. Unicorn petroleum industries private limited offers light liquid paraffin & heavy liquid paraffin [pharmaceutical / cosmetics grade] are highly purified mixture of liquid saturated hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum and are highly paraffinic in nature. These oils conform to indian pharmacopoeia, i.P. 1996 specifications & are transparent, colourless, tasteless, odourless when cold & free from fluorescence in daylight. These highly refined hydro-treated oils have excellent thermal & chemical stability, having high flash points & are soluble in chloroform & solvent ether.
It is used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products like creams , hair oil, lotions, perfumery industry , bulk drugs & food industry etc. Other applications include manufacture of anti-static coning oils, knitting oils & other textile auxiliaries, food grade plant spray oils, agrochemicals, aerosols, dye intermediates, paper industry, perfumery, food grade specialty lubricants, food grade plastics - used as a lubricant plasticizer, attars, flavours & fragrances, perfumery chemicals, specialty chemicals, incenses, personal care products, leather chemicals, fat liquors, petrochemical solvents, etc.
The technical properties of light liquid paraffin are:
| Solubility |
Complies |
| Acidity & alkalinity |
Complies |
| Sulphated ash |
Less than 0.1% [ passes ] |
| Consistency @25 °c |
100 to 300 |
| Melting point |
38 to 56 °c |
| Drop point/ congealing point |
44 – 60 °c |
| Foreign organic matter |
Complies |
| Reactions |
Complies |
| Specific gravity @ 60 °c |
0.81 – 0.84 |
| Kinematic viscosity @ 40 °c,cst |
4.0 – 7.0 |
| Flash point [coc] |
Min 150 °c |
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