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linseed oil
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yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant
OverviewAI-generated
Linseed oil is a substance with a water footprint of 9415. It has a flash point of 222 and an autoignition temperature of 343. In food product databases, it is categorized under linseed oils, with a nutriscore of a and a nova classification of 2.
The subject is referenced by 476 other encyclopedia articles. There are 2710 related entries in medical literature databases.
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Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 3 products
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Research
2,710 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Material used
- flaxseed
- Image
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- Autonomy
- 343
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- color
- yellow
- Commons gallery
- Linseed oil
- Commons category
- Linseed oil
- natural product of taxon
- Linum usitatissimum
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003976
- water footprint
- 9415
- flash point
- 222
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Encyclopedic overview
Flax, flax seeds, linseed oil, linseed cake Linseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil or flax oil (in its edible form), is a colorless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). The oil is obtained by pressing, sometimes followed by solvent extraction.
Owing to its polymer-forming properties, linseed oil is often blended with combinations of other oils, resins, or solvents as an impregnator, drying oil finish, or varnish in wood finishing; as a pigment binder in oil paints; as a plasticizer and hardener in putty; and in the manufacture of linoleum. Linseed oil use has declined since the 1950s with increased availability of synthetic alkyd resins, which function similarly, are petroleum-based, and resist yellowing.
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