Investment Opportunities in Petroleum Jelly

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Petroleum jelly orpetrolatum was discovered as a paraffin-like material coating oil rigs. Sincethen, it has been used in various ointments and as a lubricant. Petroleum jellyis mixture of mineral waxes and oils that together lock moisture in skin,moisturizing it to repair and relieve dryness. They are stabilized in suchfashion that the oil appears to form the internal phase, whereas the waxcompound forms the external phase.

Petroleum jelly ismade by the waxy petroleum material that formed on oil rigs and distilling it.The lighter and thinner oil-based products make up petroleum jelly, also knownas white petrolatum or simply as petrolatum. Robert Chesebrough is the chemistwho devised and patented this process.Basically, the crudematerial undergoes vacuum distillation. The still residue is then filteredthrough bone char to yield petroleum jelly.

At room temperature,petroleum jelly is an odourless semi-solid which consists of a mixture ofhydrocarbons.

Petroleum  jelly has  fibrous  or grease  like  structure and  also  possess discreet  drop  point and penetration value . Petroleum jelly may be considered asmicrocrystalline wax which has absorbed the oil, resulting in an amorphousjelly like mass. It is mostly available in two colours namely white and yellow.

Petroleum jelly ishugely versatile, and it’s used all over the world to protect and heal dryskin, from dry, cracked hands to hard skin on heels, as well as for beautypurposes, like softening the lips or highlighting the cheekbones.

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Keywords: Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, cosmetics industry, lotions , ointments , lubricant , dry skin, microcrystalline wax , skin care , pharmaceutical industry , Skin cream , skin ointment , vacuum distillation , white Petroleum jelly , yellow Petroleum jelly