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Oil seed extraction  

For over 30 years, ExxonMobil Chemical has provided reliable products and solution-focused expertise to help oil seed millers meet their most demanding extraction challenges.

Exxsol™ hexane*, a widely used palm oil seed processing aid, is a complex mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons obtained by the hydrogenation of a petroleum fraction that consists primarily of normal, isoparaffinic and cycloparaffinic C6 hydrocarbons. Exxsol hexane* can be useful for palm oil millers because of its high purity, narrow boiling range and very low benzene content.

Exxsol™ hexane SG1 meets Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements2 for use in specified direct and indirect food contact applications and is manufactured to meet the purity requirements of FAO/WHO/JECFA3 with respect to heavy metals, polycyclic aromatics hydrocarbons and benzene.

Applications and benefits

  • High purity
  • Very low benzene content4
  • Narrow boiling range5
  • GMP compliant
  • Meets FDA, FAO, WHO, JECFA requirements

* Exxsol hexane refers to both Exxsol hexane SG (Singapore production) and Exxsol™ hexane TH (Thailand production)

(1) Exxsol hexane SG mentioned herein refers to Singapore Production only

(2) This website is not the official source for regulatory claims. For regulatory compliance statements, please contact Customer Service. For other information, please contact your sales representative

(3) JECFA refers to Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives, an international expert scientific committee administered jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO)

(4) Data from Statistical Quality Control 2015

(5) Valid for Singapore grade (SG) Exxsol hexane only

Property
Test Method
Exxsol™ hexane SG (Singapore production) Typical Value
Exxsol™ hexane TH (Thailand production) Typical Value
Benefit

Distillation Range, °C

ASTM D1078

 65 – 68 65 – 69 Narrow boiling range for quality consistency of extraction solvent during recovery processes3

Benzene1, wppm

UV analysis/ GC2

 < 1  < 802 Very low benzene content for food content applications

Nonvolatile Matter1, mg/100ml

ASTM D1353

 0.4 Data not available Low nonvolatile matter – for best quality of extraction products

Sulfur content, wppm

ASTM D5453

 < 1 < 1 Very low sulfur content – no corrosion effects on equipment and virtually no residue in oil or meal

Values in above table are typical values and do not constitute specification limits.

Source: Fluids at a Glance (typical properties 2015 – Asia Pacific portfolio), (1) Data from Statistical Quality Control 2015, (2) Maximum sales specification – test method (GC – Gas Chromatography), (3) Valid for Singapore grade (SG) Exxsol hexane only

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