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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | An oil extracted from plant parts, such as seeds, fruits, or nuts. Vegetable oils contain a mixture of glycerides. Drying oils with a high number of unsaturated glycerides ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=oleic | + | An oil extracted from plant parts, such as seeds, fruits, or nuts. Vegetable oils contain a mixture of glycerides. Drying oils with a high number of unsaturated glycerides ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=oleic%20acid oleic] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=linoleic%20acid linoleic]) can oxidize to form hard, insoluble films. Nondrying oils contain mostly saturated glycerides and do not thicken readily. |
Examples of vegetable oils: | Examples of vegetable oils: | ||
| − | -Drying oils ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=linseed | + | -Drying oils ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=linseed%20oil linseed], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=tung%20oil tung], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=perilla%20oil perilla], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=walnut%20oil walnut], etc.) -mainly used in paints |
| − | -Semidrying oils ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cottonseed | + | -Semidrying oils ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cottonseed%20oil cottonseed], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=soybean%20oil soybean], etc.) -used in paints, soaps and food |
| − | -Nondrying oils ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=coconut | + | -Nondrying oils ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=coconut%20oil coconut], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=corn%20oil corn], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=olive%20oil olive], etc.) -mainly used as food products |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | huile | + | huile végétale (Fr.); aceite vegetal (Esp.); olio vegetale (It); |
== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
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== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 485 |
| − | * | + | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) |
| − | * | + | * Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993 |
| − | * | + | * Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997 |
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | ||
Revision as of 07:48, 24 July 2013
Description
An oil extracted from plant parts, such as seeds, fruits, or nuts. Vegetable oils contain a mixture of glycerides. Drying oils with a high number of unsaturated glycerides (oleic and linoleic) can oxidize to form hard, insoluble films. Nondrying oils contain mostly saturated glycerides and do not thicken readily.
Examples of vegetable oils:
-Drying oils (linseed, tung, perilla, walnut, etc.) -mainly used in paints
-Semidrying oils (cottonseed, soybean, etc.) -used in paints, soaps and food
-Nondrying oils (coconut, corn, olive, etc.) -mainly used as food products
Synonyms and Related Terms
huile végétale (Fr.); aceite vegetal (Esp.); olio vegetale (It);
Additional Information
J.S. Mills, R.White, The Organic Chemistry of Museum Objects, Butterworth Heinemann, London, 1994.
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 485
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000