Product Profile of Hexane [food Grade]

" bharat petroleum caters to the fuel needs of approx. 8000 industrial customers spread across all over the country. Bharat petroleum provide the best industrial products in india.Hexane an industrial product from bharat petroleum is one of the hydrocarbon solvents whose origin is petroleum. The product is essentially used as solvent in the extraction of vegetable oils like groundnut, mustard, cottonseed, gingili seed, rapeseed and in the manufacturing of soaps. It is used for the extraction of essential oils from flowers.It meets the bis specification is:3470-1966.Its main feautures are:

• It has a very narrow boiling range of 63-70oc

• Chemically stable and incompatible with strong oxidizers

• Inhalation causes irritation of respiratory tract may lead to cough, mild depression, and cardiac arrhythmia

• Ingestion may lead to nausea, vomiting, swelling of abdomen, headache and depression.

• Skin and eye contact causes irritation.