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It is so abundantly available and hence with its unique characteristics it is one of the most widely used oil in many industrial, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. It is a colorless or pale-yellow liquid with a distinct taste and odor. It includes a mixture of triglycerides in which about 90% of fatty acids are ricinoleates. Oleic acid and linoleic acid are the other significant components.

It is also well known as a source of ricinoleic acid, a monounsaturated, 18-carbon fatty acid. Among fatty acids, ricinoleic acid is unusual in that it has a hydroxyl functional group on the 12th carbon atom. This functional group causes ricinoleic acid (and castor oil) to be more polar than most fats. The chemical reactivity of the alcohol group also allows chemical derivatization that is not possible with most other seed oils.

  • Commercial Grade.
  • Refined Grade/First Special Grade(FSG).
  • Cold Pressed Castor Oil (CPG).
  • Pale Pressed Castor Oil (PPG).
  • Neutralized Castor Oil (NCO).
  • Low Moisture/Low AV FSG/PPG.
  • Castor oil and its Derivatives find major application in soaps, lubricants, grease, hydraulic brake fluids, paints and polymers and perfumery products.
  • Castor oil applications such as lubricating grease, surfactants, surface coatings, telecom, engineering plastics, pharma, rubber chemicals, nylons (basic ingredient in the production of nylon 11), nylon 6-10, heavy duty automotive greases, lipsticks and cosmetics , jet engine lubricants, used as a lubricant in race car engines, polymers for electronics and telecommunications, soaps etc.
  • Castor oil applications coatings and inks, polyurethanes, soaps, polishes, flypapers, paints, varnishes, lubricants, and many other chemical derivatives and medicinal, pharmaceutical and cosmetic derivatives.
  • Castor oil has a relatively high dielectric constant (4.7), highly refined and dried castor oil is sometimes used as a dielectric fluid within high performance high voltage capacitors.
  • Castor oil is the raw material for the production of a number of chemicals, notably sebacic acid, undecylenic acid, nylon-11.
  • MS Drums/HDPE Drums with or without Pallets.
  • IBC – 950 Kgs.
  • Flexis.
  • ISO tanks.
  • Bulk.

Download : Full MSDS

Castor Oil (Commercial) CCO
Castor Oil (Cold Pressed) CPG
First Special Grade Refined Castor Oil (FSG.CO)
Pale Pressed Grade Castor Oil (PPG.CO)
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Sr. No. COMMODITY   COMMERCIAL CASTOR OIL REFINED CASTOR OIL COLD PRESSED GRADE CASTOR OIL PALE PRESSED GRADE CASTOR OIL NEUTRALIZED CASTOR OIL
  TEST PARAMETER TEST METHOD CCO FSG/NO.1 CPCO PPG NCO
1 Appearance Visual Yellowish, Viscous Clear Liquid Pale Yellow Viscous Clear Liquid Pale Yellow Viscous Clear Liquid Pale Yellow Viscous Clear Liquid Pale Yellow Viscous Clear Liquid
2 Colour in 1″ cell, (Y+5R) in Lovibond Tintometer, Units AOCS Cc 13b-45 30 max (2R max) – – – –
  Colour in 5.25″ cell, (Y+5R) in Lovibond Tintometer, Units A0CS Cc 13b-45 – 20Y, 2.0R max 10Y, 1.0R max 10Y, 1.0R max 15Y, 1.5R max
3 Free Fatty Acid (as oleic), % AOCS Ca 5a-40 2.0 max 1.0 max 0.4 max 0.75 max 0.35 max
4 Acid Value, mgKOH/g AOCS Ca 5a-40 4.0 max 2.0 max 0.8 max 1.5 max 0.7 max
5 Moisture, % AOCS Ca 2C-25
0.5
 0.25 max 0.3 max 0.25 max 0.25 max
6 Insoluble Impurities, % AOCS Ca 3a-46 0.02 max 0.02 max 0.02 max 0.02 max
7 Specific Gravity at 30 deg C AOCS Cc 10a-25 0.954 – 0.960 0.954-0.960 0.954 – 0.960 0.954 – 0.960 0.954 – 0.960
8 Refractive Index at 40 deg C AOCS Cc 7-25 1.4700 – 1.4740 1.4700 – 1.4740 1.4700 – 1.4740 1.4700 – 1.4740 1.4700 – 1.4740
9 Iodine Value (Wij’s method), g I2/100 g AOCS Cd 1-25 82 – 90 82 – 90 82 – 90 82 – 90 82 – 90
10 Saponification Value, mgKOH/g AOCS Cd 3-25 177 – 185 177 – 185 177 – 185 177 – 185 177 – 185
11 Hydroxyl Value AOCS Cd 13-60 158 – 165 158 – 165 158 – 165 158 – 165 158 – 165
12 Viscosity at 25 deg C, stokes Brook Field – 6.3 – 8.9 6.3 – 8.9 6.3 – 8.9 6.3 – 8.9
13 Solubility in Ethyl alcohol – – Complete soluble without turbidity Complete soluble without turbidity Complete soluble without turbidity Complete soluble without turbidity
14 Light Absorption at 269 nm – – – 1.0 max – –
15 Density at 20 deg C – – – 0.952 – 0.965 – –
16 Peroxide Value, Meq / kg AOCS Cd 8-53 – – 5 max – –
17 Unsaponifiable Matter, % AOCS Ca 6b-53 – – 0.8 max – –
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