mineral oil

liquid mixture of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum
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mineral oil

Summary

mineral oil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (940 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mineral oil's image is recorded as Liquid paraffin in beaker.jpg[2].
  • mineral oil's GND ID is recorded as 4140852-4[3].
  • mineral oil's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 8020-83-5[4].
  • mineral oil's EC number is recorded as 617-002-8[5].
  • mineral oil's subclass of is recorded as oil[6].
  • mineral oil's subclass of is recorded as mixture[7].
  • mineral oil's subclass of is recorded as non-drying oil[8].
  • mineral oil's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566878[9].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as dielectric[10].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as fuel[11].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as excipient[12].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as lubricant[13].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as coolant[14].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as laxative[15].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as transformer oil[16].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as cutting fluid[17].
  • mineral oil's has use is recorded as hydraulic fluid[18].
  • mineral oil's Commons category is recorded as Mineral oil[19].
  • mineral oil's opposite of is recorded as cooking oil[20].
  • mineral oil's color is recorded as colorless[21].
  • mineral oil's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D008899[22].
  • mineral oil's has part is recorded as higher alkanes[23].
  • mineral oil's E number is recorded as E905a[24].
  • mineral oil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f3_7[25].
  • mineral oil's UNII is recorded as T5L8T28FGP[26].

Why It Matters

mineral oil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (940 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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