Emulsified superbodied oils

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A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A STABLE OIL-INWATER EMULSION COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) HEATING A BODY OF A THERMALLY POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED FATTY OIL UNDER A VACUUM IN THE RANGE OF FROM 24" TO 30" OF MERCURY TO THE TEMPERATURE OF INCIPIENT POLYMERIZATION FOR SAID OIL, (B) CONTACTING SAID BODY OF OIL WITH WATER VAPOR AT SAID TEMPERATURE, (C) INCREASING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID BODY OF OIL TO A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE NOT IN EXCESS OF 615* F. TO INITIATE AND SUSTAIN THERMAL POLYMERIZATION OF THE OIL WHILE CONTINUOUSLY CONTACTING THE BODY OF OIL WITH WATER VAPOR, (D) ADDING TO SAID BODY OF OIL DURING POLYMERIZATION FROM ABOUT 0.1% TO ABOUT 2% BY WRIGHT OF THE OIL OF AN ALKALI METAL SOAP OF AN ORGANIC ACID, WHICH SOAP IS SOLUBLE IN THE OIL TO INCREASE THE HYDROXYL CONTENT OF THE FINAL BODIED OIL. (E) MAINTAINING THE BODY OF OIL UNDER THERMAL POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS UNTIL THE VISCOSITY OF THE OIL REACHES A MAXIMUM VISCOSITY IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO ABOUT 75 MINUTES, GARDNERHOLDT, WHILE CONTINUOUSLY CONTACTING THE BODY OF OIL WITH WATER VAPOR, (F) CHECKING THE POLYMERIZATION OF THE OIL BY RAPIDLY DROPPING THE TEMPERATURE THEREOF TO BELOW THAT REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THERMAL POLYMERIZATION, (G) DROPPING SAID BODY OF OIL INTO A VOLATILE SOLVENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF: (1) 3 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF THE OIL OF A MONOALKYL ETHER OF AN ALKYLENE GLYCOL IN WHICH THE ALKYL GROUP CONTAINS FROM 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS AND THE ALKYLENE GLYCOL CONTAINS FROM 2 TO 6 CARBONS ATOMS, AND (2) 7 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF THE OIL OF A VOLATILE HYDROCARBON, (H) COOLING SAID BODY OF OIL IN SAID SOLVENT TO A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 100*F., (I) ADMIXING WITH THE RESULTANT OIL-SOLVENT MIXTURE FROM ABOUT 5.0% TO ABOUT 18.7% BY WEIGHT OF THE UNREDUCED OIL OF A POLYOXYETHYLENE MONOALIPHATIC ETHER HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA: