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Vaseline (/ ˈvæsəliːn /) [1][2][note 1] is an American brand of petroleum jelly -based products owned by transnational company Unilever. [3] Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, soaps, lotions, cleansers, and deodorants. In many languages, the word "vaseline" is used as generic for petroleum jelly; in ...
Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [1] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. [2] Vaseline has been an American brand of petroleum jelly since ...
Margaret McCredy. . . (m. 1864; died 1887) . Children. 4. Signature. Robert Augustus Chesebrough (/ ˈtʃiːzbroʊ /; [1] January 9, 1837 – September 8, 1933) was an American chemist who discovered petroleum jelly —which he marketed as Vaseline —and founder of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company.
Paraffin candle. Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between 20 and 40 carbon atoms. It is solid at room temperature and begins to melt above approximately 37 °C (99 °F), [2] and its boiling point is above 370 °C ...
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company (/ ˈtʃiːzbroʊ /) [3] was an oil company, founded in 1859, which produced petroleum jelly under the brand names Vaseline [4] and Luxor. [5] Robert Augustus Chesebrough, a chemist who started the company, was interested in marketing oil products for medicinal use. He produced the first petroleum jelly by ...
Microcrystalline wax. Microcrystalline waxes are a type of wax produced by de-oiling petrolatum, as part of the petroleum refining process. In contrast to the more familiar paraffin wax which contains mostly unbranched alkanes, microcrystalline wax contains a higher percentage of isoparaffinic (branched) hydrocarbons and naphthenic hydrocarbons ...
Mineral oil is a common ingredient in baby lotions, cold creams, ointments, and cosmetics. It is a lightweight inexpensive oil that is odorless and tasteless. It can be used on eyelashes to prevent brittleness and breaking and, in cold cream, is also used to remove creme make-up and temporary tattoos.
Lanolin. Lanolin (from Latin lāna 'wool', and oleum 'oil'), also called wool fat, wool yolk, wool wax, sheep grease, sheep yolk, or wool grease, is a wax secreted by the sebaceous glands of wool -bearing animals. [1] Lanolin used by humans comes from domestic sheep breeds that are raised specifically for their wool.