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Overheating the oil bath can result in a fire hazard, especially if mineral oil is being used. Generally, the maximum safe operating temperature of a mineral oil bath is approximately 160 °C (320 °F), the oil's flash point. Mineral oil cannot be used above 310 °C (590 °F) due to
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may be used instead. Silicone oil baths are effective in the 25 °C (77 °F) - 230 °C (446 °F) range. Sand baths are effective from 25 °C (77 °F) to above 500 °C (932 °F).
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continue to use this system. In some cases oil baths are used to heat bearings so they expand before installing them on shafts of aircraft engines and tractors.
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mixtures more evenly than would be possible with a hot plate alone, as the entire outside of the reaction flask is heated. Generally,
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was used in car and tractor engines, but has been replaced by modern paper air filters; some
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the compound's boiling point. If higher temperatures are needed, a silicone oil or a
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out of air, by leading the air stream through an unheated oil bath. This type of
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heated bath
laboratory
oil
hot plate
Bunsen burner
reaction
silicone oil
mineral oil
cottonseed oil
phosphoric acid
sand bath

GAZ-21
particulates
air filter
small engines
Laboratory water bath
Bain-marie
"Mineral Oil MSDS"
the original
"Oil Baths in Laboratories | Environmental Health and Safety"
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