Best Price Refined White Petroleum Jelly
Products Description
White Petroleum Jelly is semi solid mixture of hydrocarbons with specially selected waxes, forming ointment like gels, which are nearly odourless with excellent hydrating characteristics. The resulting gels have excellent emollient properties and consistency for formulating with other active ingredients. Our ability to offer tailor-made formulations help to offer products meeting customers’ precise and exacting specifications. We offers grades that comply with strict standards of BP, USP, NF, EuP, IP and other pharmacopoeias standards. Petroleum Jelly is favoured by personal care and pharmaceutical companies as very versatile, safe and economical formulation base.
Petroleum Jelly uses as an ointment base, protective dressing and soothing applications to skin. These gels offer excellent barrier to moisture and thus prevent moisture loss from skin. Petroleum Jellies are used in formulating various cosmetic and personal care preparations like hair conditioners, hand cleaners, lip balms, massage creams, moisturizing lotions, and sun care products and in various pharmaceutical applications such as skin protecting ointments, medicated ointments etc.
| TEST METHOD | TYPICAL RESULTS | Result |
| Description | White, translucent, soft unctuous, retaining these characters on storage & when melted& allowed to cool without stirring; not more then slightly florescent by day light, even melted; odorless when rubbed on screen. |
Complies |
| Colour | 0.5 (Y) | 0.2Y |
| Odour | Nil | Nil |
| Color | Passes | Passes |
| Congealing Point | 50°C to 60°C | 51°C |
| Drop melting Point | 57-60 | 58.5 |
| Acidity or Alkalinity | Neutral | Complies |
| Fixed oils, fats & resins | No ppt or oily matters is produced | Passes |
| Specific Gravity @ 25°C | 0.860 to 0.890 | 0.867 |
| Consistency @ 25°C | 180-200 dmm | 185 |
| Residue on ignition | Not more than 0.05% | 0.02% |
| Organic acids | To pass | Passes |
| Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | To Pass | Passes |
| Polynuclear Compounds | To Pass | Passes |
| Kinematic Viscosity @ 99°C | 9 – 12.5 | 10.5 |
Function
Medical field
- Wound care: White Vaseline has good sealing properties and can form a protective film on the skin surface, isolating external bacteria, dust and other pollutants, reducing the risk of wound infection, while maintaining a moist environment for wound healing. Commonly used for the care of minor cuts, abrasions, burns, and other wounds.
- Moisturizing the skin: It can relieve dryness, itching, and other problems of the skin, and has a good repairing effect on peeling, cracking, and other issues caused by dry skin. Especially suitable for use in dry seasons or environments, it helps the skin retain moisture, restore softness and elasticity. For patients with dry skin diseases such as ichthyosis, regular use of white Vaseline can effectively improve skin symptoms.
- Preparation of drugs: It is a commonly used medicinal excipient that can be used as a base for ointments and creams. Due to its stable properties, it does not undergo chemical reactions with most drugs, allowing drugs to better adhere to the skin surface, slowly release drug components, prolong drug action time, and improve drug efficacy.
Cosmetics field
- Skin care products: widely used in face cream, lotion, lipstick and other skin care products. In face cream and lotion, it can increase the consistency and moisture of the product, help the skin lock moisture, and play a role in moisturizing and moisturizing; In lipstick, white vaseline can prevent the dryness and peeling of the lips, maintain the softness and luster of the lips, and can also be used as the carrier of other functional ingredients (such as vitamins, plant extracts, etc.) to enhance the efficacy of lipstick.
- Makeup products: used for some makeup products, such as eye shadow, powder blusher, foundation make-up, etc., to help improve the texture of the product, make it easier to apply and push it away, and increase the gloss and durability of the product.
Industrial sector
- Lubrication function: It plays a role in the lubrication of some precision instruments and mechanical components. Due to its good adhesion and lubrication properties, it can form a uniform oil film on the metal surface, reduce friction and wear, lower friction between mechanical components, ensure the normal operation of equipment, and extend the service life of equipment.
- Rust prevention protection: Applying it to metal surfaces can isolate air and moisture, preventing metal rusting and corrosion. For some metal products that are prone to rusting, such as knives, tools, etc., applying white Vaseline during storage or use can provide good rust prevention protection.
Other fields
- Leather care: can be used to maintain leather products, such as leather shoes, leather jackets, leather bags, etc. It can moisturize leather, prevent it from drying, hardening, and cracking, restore its softness and luster, and extend the service life of leather products.
- Candle manufacturing: Adding white Vaseline to candle production can improve the texture of candles, making them burn more evenly and slowly, reducing the production of black smoke, and increasing the glossiness and toughness of candles.
