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2. Petroleum jelly - Wikipedia

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   Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [1] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. [2] Vaseline has been an American brand of petroleum jelly since ...

3. Vaseline - Wikipedia

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   Vaseline ( / ˈvæsəliːn /) [1] [2] [note 1] is an American brand of petroleum jelly -based products owned by transnational company Unilever. [3] Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, soaps, lotions, cleansers, and deodorants . In many languages, the word "vaseline" is used as generic for petroleum jelly; in ...

4. Robert Chesebrough - Wikipedia

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   Robert Augustus Chesebrough ( / ˈtʃiːzbroʊ /; [1] January 9, 1837 – September 8, 1933) was an American chemist who discovered petroleum jelly —which he marketed as Vaseline —and founder of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company .

5. Napalm - Wikipedia

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   Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline or diesel fuel ). The name is a portmanteau of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: coprecipitated aluminium salts of na phthenic acid and palm itic acid. [1] A team led by chemist Louis Fieser originally developed ...

6. Vicks VapoRub - Wikipedia

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   Vicks VapoRub is a mentholated topical ointment, part of the Vicks brand of over-the-counter medications owned by the American consumer goods company Procter & Gamble . VapoRub is intended for use on the chest, back and throat for cough suppression or on muscles and joints for minor aches and pains. Users of VapoRub often apply it immediately ...

7. Aquaphor - Wikipedia

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   Aquaphor. Aquaphor is a brand of over-the-counter (OTC) skin care ointments manufactured by Beiersdorf Inc., an affiliate of Beiersdorf AG. Aquaphor is offered in four product ranges: There are two skin protectant ointments. [1] Aquaphor Original Ointment, used as a compounding agent [2] [3] and Aquaphor Advanced Therapy Healing Ointment, sold ...