A cold pressed fruit oil use as a carrier oil or for soap making. Generally used as a massage oil, formulation of lotions, cream, lipsticks and other beauty products.
Botanical name : Prunus amygdalus
Extraction: Obtained by the cold pressed of the fruits
Description: Clear, yellow pale oily liquid
Odour: Almost odourless and characteristic
Solubility: Slightly soluble in ethanol 96°, soluble in chloroform and ether, insoluble in water
Specific gravity: 0,910-0,920gr/cc 0.914
Refractice index @ 20°C: 1,465-1,475 1.469
Acidity index: <0,5 0.45
Peroxide index: <5,0 meg 02/kg 3.7
Cold test (5 hrs @ 0 deg C): Passes test
Unsaponifiable: <0,5% 0.24
Iodine value: 93-105 96.54
Sa[ponification value: 185-200 198
Water: <0.15%
Colour: 11-18
TertButhylhydroquinone: Positive
Fatty acids profile (chromatogram):
Palmitic (c16.0)4.0-9.0% 5.79, Palmitoleic (C16.1)<0.6% 0.49, Stearic (C19:1)<3.0% 1.92,
Oleic (C18:1)60.0-86.0% 68.32, Linoleic (C18:3) 0.1-1.0% 0.05, Arachidic (C20:0)<0.2% 0.13,
Gadoleic (C20:1)<0.2% 0.15
