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Petroleum Jelly: Vacuum Residue Filtered Warm Through Bone Black
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Petroleum Jelly: Vacuum Residue Filtered Warm Through Bone Black

Petroleum jelly (petrolatum, vaseline) is what is left of crude oil after the lighter parts are distilled off, cleaned by filtering it warm through bone black. The 1907 US Dispensatory and Thorpe (1913) describe the process: the first colourless runnings become petroleum jelly, and the later, darker filtrate is cylinder oil. The picture: white petrolatum (Wikimedia Commons).
Osezingeni eliphezulu
Several days

Imiyalelo

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Distil off the light cuts

Distil crude oil in an atmospheric column and draw off the lighter cuts. Keep the residue from the bottom.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Uwoyela ongahluziweUwoyela ongahluziwe1 t

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Insika yokucwenga ngomfutho womoyaInsika yokucwenga ngomfutho womoya
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Reduce under vacuum

Distil the residue further under vacuum, heated by coils carrying superheated steam, not by direct fire. Done right, the reduced oil reaches a fire-test of 337.7 °C (640 °F) without any burnt smell.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Insika yokucwenga ngevakhumuInsika yokucwenga ngevakhumu
Iphampu yomoyaIphampu yomoya
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Filter warm through bone black

Melt the reduced oil and run it onto steam-jacketed filters of fine, granular, well-dried bone black, kept at 43.3–54.4 °C (110–130 °F).

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isihlungi esinejakhethi yomhwamukoIsihlungi esinejakhethi yomhwamuko
Umnyama wamathamboUmnyama wamathambo
I-thermocouple enesibonisiI-thermocouple enesibonisi
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Keep the clear runnings

The first filtrate is colourless; it then turns straw or lemon, and finally red. Keep the clear runnings for petroleum jelly. The red filtrate is cylinder oil, a lubricant.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isihlungi esinejakhethi yomhwamukoIsihlungi esinejakhethi yomhwamuko
IthiniIthini
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Set the melting point

If the jelly is too soft, stir pure block paraffin into the warm oil until it has the right melting point. It dissolves completely. Pour it into tins to set.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

I-paraffin waxI-paraffin wax1 as required

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

I-thermocouple enesibonisiI-thermocouple enesibonisi
IthiniIthini

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