This section is from the book "Tables Of Refractive Indices. Oils, Fats And Waxes", by R. Kanthack. Also available from Amazon: Tables of Refractive Indices.
toC. | n D | B D | Refer. No | |
WALLFLOWER SEED OIL. | ||||
Cheiranthus Cheiri. | ||||
40 | 1.4690 | 64.8 | 377 | |
F.A. ... | 40 | 1.4605 | 51.7 | 377 |
Crystallised F.A.......... | 40 | 1.4536 | 41.7 | 377 |
WALNUT OIL. | ||||
Syn. Nut Oil. | ||||
From nuts of Juglans regia. | ||||
Californian ............ | 15 | 1.4804 | 83.6 | 2 |
Punjab ........ | 40 | 1.4690 | 64.8 | 18 |
American ...... ... | 25 | 1.4770 | 77.7 | 32 |
Bulgarian, cold-drawn...... | 40 | 1.4704 - 1.4710 | 67.0 - 68.0 | 81 |
General limits ......... | 15 | 1.4708 - 1.4725 | 67.7 - 70.3 | 207 |
General limits ......... | 40 | 1.4688 - 1.4707 | 64.5 - 67.5 | 220 |
40 | 1.4705 | 67.2 | 17 | |
General limits | 40 | 1.4691 - 1.4707 | 65.0 - 67.5 | 110 |
General limits ......... | 40 | 1.4691 - 1.4710 | 65.0 - 68.0 | 405 |
Extracted cold with ether ... | 25 | 1.4740 | 72.7 | 460 |
Japanese ............ | 20 | 1.4799 | 82.7 | 82 |
Cross between Juglans nigra and Juglans cinerea. | ||||
22 | 1.4765 | 76.8 | 378 | |
Japanese Walnut Oil. | ||||
From seeds of Juglans sie-boldiana. | ||||
20 | 1.4799 | 82.7 | 82 | |
WALRUS OIL. | ||||
Odobœnys rosmarus. | ||||
40 | 1.4702 | 66.7 | 17 | |
WATER CRESS SEED OIL. | ||||
From seeds of Nasturtium officinale. | ||||
20 | 1.4704 | 67.0 | 175 | |
F.A. .... | 25 | 1.4621 | 54.2 | 175 |
WEAKFISH OIL. | ||||
Cynoscion regalis. | ||||
Ocean City, Md.,May 1915... | 30 | 1.4717 | 69.1 | 385 |
Long Branch, N. J., September 1915 ........................................ | 30 | 1.4830 | 88.2 | 385 |
WHALE OIL. | ||||
Balœna mysticetus (Greenland or Right Whale), Balœna australis (Southern) Whale, Balœnoptera longimana, Balœnoptera musculus (Common Rorqual - Finback Oil, Finner Whale |
t°C. | n D | B D | Refer. No. | |
WHALE OIL - continued. Oil), Balœnoptera borealis (Northern Rorqual), Balœnoptera hyperoodon (Bottle-nose Whale), Balœnoptera Sibaldii (Blue Whale), Neobalœna marginata, Rhachianectus glauca. | ||||
15 | 1.4760 | 76.0 | 30 | |
40 | 1.4633 | 56.0 | 33 | |
25 | 1.4691 | 65.0 | 33 | |
F.A ... | 40 | 1.4547 | 43.3 | 33 |
40 | 1.4634 - 1.4678 | 56.2 - 63.0 | 325 | |
25 | 1.4679 - 1.4724 | 63.1 - 70.2 | 325 | |
40 | 1.4587 | 49.1 | 379 | |
40 | 1.4659 - 1.4713 | 60.0 - 68.4 | 227 | |
Average ............ | 40 | 1.4679 | 63.1 | 227 |
F.A. ... | 40 | 1.4578 | 47.7 | 227 |
Japanese ............ | 40 | 1.4659 | 60.0 | 227 |
Japanese, yellow......... | 21 | 1.4715 | 68.7 | 411 |
Dark oil ............ | 18 | 1.4706 | 67.3 | 134 |
Crude oil ............ | 18 | 1.4716 | 68.9 | 134 |
18 | 1.4755 | 75.1 | 134 | |
Filtered ............ | 21 | 1.4735 - 1.4764 | 71.9 - 76.7 | 411 |
Untiltered ............ | 21 | 1.4705 - 1.4735 | 67.2 - 71.9 | 411 |
40 | 1.4663 | 60.6 | 17 | |
40 | 1.4633 - 1.4653 | 56.0 - 590 | 110 | |
Temp. coeff. δn/δt......... | - 0.000386 | 33* | ||
- 0.00030 | 325* | |||
WHEAT OIL. | ||||
(Not identical with Wheat Meal Oil.) | ||||
From germs of wheat grains. | ||||
25 | 1.4751 | 74.5 | 263 | |
60 | 1.4646 | 58.0 | 380 | |
Crude oil extracted with ether ... ... ... ... ... | 30 | 1.4754 | 75.0 | 380 |
20 | 1.4788 | 80.7 | 380 | |
Oil purified with alcohol | 40 | 1.4745 | 73.5 | 380 |
30 | 1.4794 | 81.8 | 380 | |
20 | 1.4833 | 88.6 | 380 | |
25 | 1.4767 | 77.2 | 432 | |
Temp. coeff. δn/δt: | ||||
Crude oil ......... | - 0.00035 | 380* | ||
Purified oil ......... | - 0.00039 | 380* | ||
WHEAT BRAN OIL. | ||||
Extracted ........... | 25 | 1.4742 - 1.4754 | 73.0 - 75.0 | 41 |
toC. | n D | B D | Refer. No. | |
WHEAT MEAL OIL. | ||||
25 | 1.4840 - 1.4868 | 90.0 - 95.0 | 41 | |
25 | 1.4851 - 1.4870 | 92.0 - 95.4 | 182 | |
25 | 1.4851 | 92.0 | 381 | |
WHITE FISH OIL. | ||||
Species of Coregonus. . | ||||
25 | 1.4763 | 76.5 | 382 | |
WHITING OIL. | ||||
Alburnus lucidus. | ||||
22 | 1.4795 | 82.0 | 382 | |
WHITING LIVER OIL. | ||||
40 | 1.4736 | 72.0 | 12 | |
25 | 1.4789 | 81.0 | 12 | |
Temp, coeff. δn/δt......... | - 0.00035 | 12* | ||
WOAD SEED OIL. | ||||
Isatis tinctoria. | ||||
15 | 1.4751 | 74.5 | 175 | |
F.A. ... | 25 | 1.4710 | 68.0 | 175 |
Wood Oil, China, see Tung Oil. | ||||
Wood Oil, Japanese, see Japanese Wood Oil. | ||||
Wood Oil, Japanese, see Tung Oil. | ||||
WOOL FAT. | ||||
Syn. Wool Wax. | ||||
60 | 1.4650 | 58.6 | 30 | |
Distilled wool fats (Pure oleins) | 20 | 1.4948, 1.4991 | 383 | |
Crude ............... | 40 | 1.4786 | 80.5 | 323 |
Pure .............................................. | 40 | 1.4781 - 1.4822 | 79.6 - 88.5 | 323 |
Pure wool-wax ......... | 50 | 1.4764, 1.4760 | 76.6, 76.0 | 56 |
Lanoline ............ | 50 | 1.4763 | 76.4 | 56 |
Unsaponifiable portion, pure | 50 | 1.4895, 1.4950 | 56 | |
Unsaponifiable, commercial... | 50 | 1.4930, 1.4950 | 56 | |
F.A. in saponifiable portion... | 50 | 1.4559 | 45.0 | 56 |
WOUNDWORT OIL. | ||||
Anthyllis vulneraria. | ||||
30 | 1.4756 | 75.3 | 61 | |
F.A. ... | 50 | 1.4640 | 57.1 | 61 |
Xanthophyllum lanceolatum, see Sioer Fat. | ||||
Ximenia americana (russel-liana), see Elozy Oil. |
toC. | n D | B D | Refer. No. | |
ZACHUN OIL. | ||||
Syn. Beta Oil, M'kouga Oil. | ||||
From seeds of Balanites cegyptiaca. | ||||
"Heghi" (Egypt, Soudan), North Africa, India, Burma. | 40 | 1.4632 | 55.9 | 384 |
25 | 1.4686 | 64.2 | 384 | |
Temp. coeff. δn/δt......... | - 0.00036 | 384* | ||
Zea Mais, see Maize Oil. |
 
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