Question

Make a list of the components we obtain from mineral oil.

Answer 1

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Mineral oil is inexpensive colour less and odour less oil obtained from fractional distillation of petroleum .

Mineral oil is also called as Liquid paraffin or white oil or Paraffin oil.

List of Components we obtain from Mineral oil:

1. Baby oil
2. Baby lotions
3.Cold creams
4. Ointments
5.Cosmetics.
6. Can be used as transformer oil in transformers.
7. Spindle oil which acts as lubricant in textile industry.
8. Break fluid in some cars and bikes disc brakes

Answer 2

The baby oil is a perfumed mineral oil and the components present in mineral oils are fats. It is also called as white oil, liquid paraffin, paraffin oil, etc. Mineral oil is obtained by fractional distillation of crude oil.