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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A pale yellow oil obtained by boiling the feet and shin bones of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs. Neats-foot oil contains the following fatty acids: [ | + | A pale yellow oil obtained by boiling the feet and shin bones of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs. Neats-foot oil contains the following fatty acids: [[oleic%20acid|oleic]] (67%), [[palmitic%20acid|palmitic]] (17%), palmitoleic (9%), [[stearic%20acid|stearic]] (3%), myristic (1%), myristoleic (1%) arachidonic, and clupanodonic (Brady 1971). Neats-foot oil is used for dressing leather and oiling wood. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 10 May 2016
Description
A pale yellow oil obtained by boiling the feet and shin bones of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs. Neats-foot oil contains the following fatty acids: oleic (67%), palmitic (17%), palmitoleic (9%), stearic (3%), myristic (1%), myristoleic (1%) arachidonic, and clupanodonic (Brady 1971). Neats-foot oil is used for dressing leather and oiling wood.
Synonyms and Related Terms
neat's-foot oil; neatsfoot oil (sp); CSS Leather Dressing (60% Neatsfoot oil and 40% lanolin); hoof oil; oleo pé de boi (Port.)
Other Properties
Saponification value=190-203; Iodine value=69-76
| Density | 0.910-0.915 |
|---|---|
| Refractive Index | 1.464 |
Hazards and Safety
Combustible.
Talas: MSDS
Additional Information
G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 527
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 6518
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: density=0.910; ref. index = 1.464; iodine value = 69-76; saponification value=190-199
- Conservation Support Systems, Catalog, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998