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HUILE MINERALE BLANCHE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Chemistry
  • Pharmacy
DEF

A white or faintly yellowish mass obtained by decolorizing yellow petrolatum ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Chimie
  • Pharmacie
CONT

La vaseline se présente en masse molle, blanchâtre, insipide, onctueuse au toucher [...] Elle est utilisée comme excipient pour les pommades.

PHR

Vaseline technique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
  • Química
  • Farmacia
DEF

Masa amorfa, algo amarilla, ambarina, traslúcida, cuya consistencia varía con la temperatura; soluble en cloroformo, éter, bencina, sulfuro de carbono, benceno y aceites; muy poco soluble en alcohol; insoluble en agua. Combustible. Atóxico.

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