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Enhanced mineral oil

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009666

Petroleum distillate which has been highly purified and is distinguished from diesel oil and conventional mineral oil in having a lower polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content. Typically, conventional mineral oils have a PAH content on the order of 0.35 weight percent expressed as phenanthrene, whereas enhanced mineral oils typically have a PAH content of 0.001 or lower weight percent PAH expressed as phenanthrene.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-009666
FieldEnvironment
SubjectChemical substances
References40 CFR 435.11 (CFR 2017)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009666",
  "term": "Enhanced mineral oil",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Enhanced Mineral Oil",
  "definition": "Petroleum distillate which has been highly purified and is distinguished from diesel oil and conventional mineral oil in having a lower polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content. Typically, conventional mineral oils have a PAH content on the order of 0.35 weight percent expressed as phenanthrene, whereas enhanced mineral oils typically have a PAH content of 0.001 or lower weight percent PAH expressed as phenanthrene.",
  "subject": "Chemical substances",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 435.11 (CFR 2017)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/enhanced-mineral-oil/"
}

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