Difference between revisions of "Porpoise oil"

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-[[File:Beluga_Mus.Nat.Hist_Smith.jpg|thumb|Beluga]]
-== Description ==
-A pale yellow liquid used as a lubricant for watches and precision instruments. Porpoise oil is obtained from the head and jaw of the beluga whale, ''Delphinapterus leucas'', and the narwhal, ''Monodon monoceros''. It is resistant to gumming, oxidation, and evaporation.
-== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
-dolphin oil
-== Other Properties ==
-Soluble in ether, chloroform, benzene and carbon disulfide.Saponification value = 290;  Iodine value = 10-30.
-{| class="wikitable"
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-! scope="row"| Density
-| 0.926-0.929
-|}
-== Authority ==
-* G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 867
-* Richard S. Lewis, Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
-[[Category:Materials database]]

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