- Product Details
Keywords
- castor oil usp grade
- usp castor oil
- castor oil usp pharma grade
Quick Details
- ProName: Castor Oil Pharmaceuticals - USP Grade
- CasNo: 8001-79-4
- Molecular Formula: C18H34O3
- Appearance: Pale Yellow Viscous Clear Liquid
- Application: PHARMACEUTICAL AND DRUG: Therapeuti...
- PackAge: Steel Drum, HDPE Drum, Flexi Tank, ISO...
- Port: Mundra Port, Kandla Port, Pipavav Port...
- ProductionCapacity: 1000 Metric Ton/Month
- Purity: 99.5
- Storage: Store in a tightly closed container. K...
- LimitNum: 16 Metric Ton
Superiority
Pharmaceutical Grade Castor Oil is produced by first pressing of Castor seed, without losing medicinal qualities. It is a clear, brilliant Colorless or slight yellow, viscous, from rancid odor.
USP grade refers to the castor oil prepared for United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) norms. This oil is widely used in pharmaceutical applications.
End use application for castor Oil today is as a raw material for an enormous variety of sophisticate products, such as lubricants, plastics, artificial fibers, paints, varnishes and synthetic resins, plasticizers and surfactants, fungicides, cosmetics, printing inks, soaps, artificial leather, hydraulic fluids, dyeing aids and textile finishing materials.
Details
DESCRIPTION |
SPECIFIC RANGE |
Refractive Index at 20ºC |
1,477 — 1.481 |
Moisture & Volatile Matter |
0.25 Percent Max |
Insoluble Impurities |
0.02 percent Max |
Free Fatty Acid |
1 Percent Max |
Acid Value |
2.00 Max |
Iodine Value (By Wiss, gI 2 / 100g) |
83-88 Percent |
Acetyl Value |
140 Min |
Saponification Value (mgKoH/gm) |
NMT 0.8% W/W |
Unsaponification Matter |
1.00 Max |
Hydroxyl Value |
160 – 168 |
Relative Density 15/15.5 DC |
0.958 – 0.969 |
Viscosity at 20ºC Pas |
9.5 – 11.0 |
Viscosity at 25ºC Pas |
6.0 – 9.0 |
Viscosity Gardner- Holdt |
U – V |
Color on Lovibond |
|
1” Cell (Y+5R) |
2.2 Yellow, 0.3 Red Max |
5 ¼” Cell (Y+5R) |
20 Yellow, 2.0 Red Max |
Color Gardner |
3 Max |
Iodine Color |
4 Max |
Appearance 25 DC |
Clear and free from suspended matter |
Odor |
Slight, Characteristic |
Ricinoleic Acid Content |
85 Percent Min |
Density at 30ºC |
0.959 |
Stability |
Stable, Combustible. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. May be light sensitive. |
Solubility in Ethyl Alcohol |
Complete soluble without turbidity |
Specific Gravity at 30 deg C |
0.957 – 0.961 |
Insoluble Impurities |
0.02 Max |