Vaseline

INCI name

• Petrolatum,

Alternative names

• Vaseline,
• Gelbes Vaselin,
• Paraffin, Gelbes,
• Paraffinum Flavum,
• Vaselinum Flavum,
• weiße Vaseline,
• weißes Vaselin,
• White Soft Paraffin,
• weisse Vaseline,

Origin

• synthetic,

Definition

• Petrolatum. A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as a semi-solid from dewaxing paraffinic residual oil. It consists predominantly of saturated crystalline and liquid hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C25,

INCI function

• antistatic,
• emulsion stabilising,

Substance category

• Mineral oils,

Characteristics

CAS-No.

• 8009-03-8,

EINECS/EILINCS-No.

• 232-373-2,