Caster-oil (technical)

Castor oil (technical) is a light yellow or almost colorless, viscous, non-soluble in water and gasoline, a fatty substance of plant origin.

Castor oil (castor oil, ricin oil) is obtained from castor bean seeds by cold pressing or extraction methods. Leading positions in production (60% of the total number of countries-producers) and exports are India.

Special features:

• does not form a film, does not dry
• possesses high viscosity (more than 17 times the viscosity of sunflower oil)
• boiling point is 313 ° C
• pour point not higher than -15 ° C

Possible uses for castor oil

• Chemical industry: in the manufacture of polyurethanes, epoxy resins, sebacic acid, etc
• In the manufacture of lubricants and fluids for hydraulic drives
• In the manufacture of nitralakov (as a plasticizer)
• Pharmaceutical industry