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- ...parated, most easily by [[boiling point]], into a large number of consumer products, from [[petrol]] and [[kerosene]] to [[asphalt]] and chemical [[reagents]] ...oil and bitumen, and use more complex and expensive methods to produce the products required. Because heavier crude oils have too much carbon and not enough hy69 KB (9,885 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
- ...sperm whale]] (''Physeter macrocephalus''). Spermaceti is extracted from [[whale oil|sperm oil]] by crystallisation at 6 °C, when treated by pressure ...(hence the name), spermaceti is created in the spermaceti organ inside the whale's head and connected to its nasal passage, among [[Sperm_whale#Spermaceti_f3 KB (481 words) - 10:17, 20 September 2010
- ...h as ''Black Dope'' and ''Sierra Lighting''; both are mainly composed of [[whale oil|sperm oil]], vegetable oil and pine pitch. However, some instead used p ...it occurred to the various parties in this technology race to patent their products. On March 2, 1990, Enichem applied for an Italian patent on a "ski lubrican20 KB (3,247 words) - 10:17, 20 September 2010
- ...and smelly, they can be purified and bleached to give commercially useful products. ...ned by cracking polyethylene by heating for a few minutes at 400 °C. The products have formulas of about (CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>n</sub>H<sub>2</sub>, where n i11 KB (1,689 words) - 10:17, 20 September 2010
- The name '''cetyl''' derives from the [[whale]] oil ({{lang-la|cetus}}) from which it was first isolated.<ref>{{cite book ...ul]] when he heated [[spermaceti]], a waxy substance obtained from [[sperm whale]] oil, with [[caustic potash]] ([[potassium hydroxide]]). Flakes of cetyl a4 KB (438 words) - 10:17, 20 September 2010
- |label3 = Products: Nye's products are based on a range of [[synthetic]] chemistries, including [[polyalphaole7 KB (1,050 words) - 10:18, 20 September 2010
- ...2RCUcC&lpg=PA20&ots=K3v2BPcfMP&dq=whale%20oil%20dexron&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=whale%20oil%20dexron&f=false Turbo hydra-matic 350 By Ron Sessions], page 20.</re ...OEM carries out extensive testing and maintains an active list of approved products. This is a powerful marketing tool in the lubricant marketplace. Text on th32 KB (4,626 words) - 10:18, 20 September 2010
- ...)|James Young]]'s US patent. Gesner's method of purifying the distillation products appears to have been superior to Young's, resulting in a cleaner and better ...ing paraffin wax. Young took out a patent on his process and the resulting products in 1850, and built the first truly commercial oil-works in the world at [[B26 KB (3,820 words) - 10:18, 20 September 2010
- ...titute for, [[coconut oil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bytheplanet.com/Products/AmazonMedicine/Inara/whatisbabassu.htm|title=By the planet: What is Babassu ...nd moisturising properties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phytotradeafrica.com/products/marulaoil.htm|title=Marula Oil|publisher=PhytoTrade Africa|accessdate=2007-58 KB (8,794 words) - 19:39, 13 October 2010
- ...thed regions like the U.S. In the countries closest to the fighting, dairy products became almost unobtainable and were strictly [[rationing|rationed]]. The [[ ...ghboring British colony of [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] from whale, seal and fish oil by the [[Newfoundland Butter Company]] (which, in fact,39 KB (5,789 words) - 19:39, 13 October 2010