Application Notes:
 

mineral seal oil


is distillation fraction between kerosene and gas oil, widely used as a solvent oil in gas absorption processes (see absorber oil), as a lubricant for the rolling of metal foil, and as a base oil in many specialty formulations. Mineral seal oil takes its name — not from any sealing function — but from the fact that it originally replaced oil derived from seal blubber for use as an illuminant for signal lamps and lighthouses.

 

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