PETROLATUM

COSING Ref No: 
79504
CAS No: 
8009-03-8
EC No: 
232-373-2
Update Date: 
15.10.2010
INN name: 
petrolatum
Restriction: 
II/904 (except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen)

Function(s):

Antistatic
Skin conditioning - emollient

Petrolatum. A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as a semi-solid from dewaxing paraffinic residual oil. It consists predominantly of saturated crystalline and liquid hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C25