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oiticica oil

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oiticica oil [‚ȯid·ə′sē·kə ‚ȯil]
(materials)
A light-yellowish oil obtained from seeds of the Brazilian oiticica tree (Licania rigida); raw oil becomes buttery unless heat-treated (semipolymerized); used principally in paint and varnish as a drying oil as a substitute for tung oil or with tung oil.


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For instance, the fatty acids/triglycerides of tung and oiticica oils contain three double bonds in conjugated sequence and therefore exhibit faster oxidation drying and more robust film formation than, say, linseed oil with linoleic and linolenic acids which have three double bonds but are not conjugated," Mr.
 
 
 
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