What is Creosote?
Cresol oil is also known as wood distillation oil, brick press lubricant, etc. The CAS number is 8001-58-9. Appearance is colorless or yellow oily liquid. Is a disinfectant and preservative. It is a bactericidal preservative that can destroy and kill cells.
Cresol oil
- Chinese name: phenol oil
- Chinese synonym: wood distillate bottom paint; brick oil, brick press lubricator; wood tar; wood distillate; main ingredients: anthracene oil, washing oil.
- English name: CREOSOTE
- English synonyms: awpa # 1; brickoil; caswellno.225; creosote, fromcoaltar; creosoteoil; creosotep1; creosotum; cresyliccreosote
- EINECS number: 232-419-1
- Related Categories: Creosote; UVCBs-organic
- Mol file: MolFile
- Xanthophyll oil is the main component of wood tar. It is usually prepared by distilling tar made from non-fat-filled wood, treating it with sodium hydroxide, reacidifying, and distilling it to separate it from other components. Xanthophyll oil is a colorless liquid, but under the action of air and light, it presents a color, smells of smoke, and is corrosive. It is mainly used as a disinfectant and preservative.
- Distillate oil, a disinfectant and preservative, made from charcoal, is an oily mixture containing phenolic compounds including guaiacol.
- Mineral phenol oil, an industrial preservative, made from coal, is an oily mixture containing a variety of phenolic compounds.
- A phenolic mixture obtained mainly by distillation of wood tar from the European beech family (Fagaceae) and Fagussylvatica. It is a colorless to yellow oily liquid with strong refraction and scorch odor. Used externally as a preservative, orally as an expectorant for chronic bronchitis. It can also be used for insecticidal and black pigment production. Improper contact with phenol oils can cause skin cancer. The effluent discharged from industrial enterprises contains phenol oil.
- Strong germicidal preservative, long-term high concentration exposure can destroy and kill cells. The product is mainly used for wood anticorrosion, prolonging the service life of wood and preventing corrosion by insects and other chemicals. The manual of the antidiarrheal drug Zhenglu Pill, which contains this product as its main ingredient, also writes that if it is accidentally attached to the skin, it can be rinsed with soap and warm water (Japanese version, please wash thoroughly with soap and warm water).
- Dental regulations require that the oral mucosa be touched when using this medicine and must be immediately cleaned. It has been reported that patients admitted to the hospital with enteritis were found to be ill due to Zhenglu pills sticking to the intestinal wall.
- Some scholars such as Miyoshi Kiyoshi pointed out that "even plant preparations cannot be said to be safe, and the nature of creosote oil is a dramatic drug."
- Creosote oil is a mixture of many chemical substances. Guaiacol as its main component is designated as a "drama drug" as a medicine. It is lethal by subcutaneous injection of 200 mg).
- Guaiacol, phenol, cresol, xylenol and the like contained in the composition of creosote oil are common ingredients in disinfection products, and these ingredients are well known to be toxic to the skin.
- In addition, it also contains a variety of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, which are components that are strongly toxic to the human body and even cause cancer.
- Dangerous goods mark: T, C
- Danger category code: 23/24 / 25-34-48 / 20/21 / 22-68-45
- Safety instructions: 26-36 / 37 / 39-45-53
- Dangerous Goods Transport Number: UN29228 / PG2
- WGKGermany: 3
- RTECS number: GO5870000
- HazardClass: 6.1 (b)
- PackingGroup: III