What is the main constituent of mineral oil?
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2016-08-09 10:44:05
Hello Lipun,
A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum.
The name mineral oil by itself is imprecise, having been used for many specific oils over the past few centuries. Other names, similarly
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