It was created from the relocation and merger of the former Law Enforcement School at Yorktown, Virginia, and the former Boarding Team Member School at Petaluma, California.
Another common use of castor oil is as an excipient, a neutral suspension used to deliver the active ingredient in drugs. A substitute for castor oil in this usage is Cremophor EL, a synthetic compound patented by the chemical company BASF SE. Cremophor EL is created by reacting 35 parts ethylene oxide with one part castor oil.
Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the castor oil plant. The common name castor oil, from which the plant gets its name, probably comes from its use as a replacement for castoreum, a perfume base made from the dried perineal glands of the beaver. Castor oil is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with a distinct taste and odor. Its boiling point is 313 Â°C and its density is 961 kg/m3. It is a triglyceride in which approximately 90 percent of fatty acid ...