PETROLATUM

Function
antistatic, skin conditioning - emollient
CAS
8009-03-8
Comedogenic
0–0Kligman 1996 — verified against the paper
Appears in
97 products in our catalogue

Classified as

  • plant or mineral oil

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

Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.