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Virgin Linseed Oil

Composition of fatty acids

—fatty acids with a chain length less than C 16 :
maximum 1.0 per cent,

— palmitic acid : 3.0 per cent to 8.0 per cent,
—palmitoleic acid (equivalent chain length on

polyethyleneglycol adipate 16.3): maximum 1.0 per
cent,
— stearic acid : 2.0 per cent to 8.0 per cent,
—oleic acid (equivalent chain length on
polyethyleneglycol adipate 18.3): 11.0 per cent to
35.0 per cent,
—linoleic acid (equivalent chain length on
polyethyleneglycol adipate 18.9): 11.0 per cent to
24.0 per cent,
—linolenic acid (equivalent chain length on
polyethyleneglycol adipate 19.7): 35.0 per cent to
65.0 per cent,

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