AeroShell Smoke Oil
AeroShell Smoke Oil is a hydrocarbon fluid designed specifically for creating dense, white smoke trails in aerobatic flight displays. It has low viscosity and good low temperature properties.
Download TDS and MSDS
The TDS and MSDS are in English, but you can find these documents for other countries in the Shell EPC area.
Applications
AeroShell Smoke Oil is used for aircraft flying aerobatic and other aerial displays, and to aid the identification of the aircraft or help assess localised air-current behaviour.
Smoke oil can be particularly useful for helping to assess wind conditions during precision aerial activity, including firefighting flights.
AeroShell Smoke Oil is used in both piston engine and jet engine powered aviation aerobatic flight displays.
Health, Safety and Environment
Health and Safety
- This product is unlikely to present any significant health or safety hazard when properly used in the recommended application and good standards of personal hygiene are maintained.
- Avoid contact with skin. Use impervious gloves with used oil. After skin contact, wash immediately with soap and water.
- Guidance on Health and Safety is available on the appropriate Safety Data Sheet, which can be obtained from https://www.epc.shell.com.
Protect the Environment
- Take used oil to an authorised collection point. Do not discharge into drains, soil or water.
Additional information
Advice
- Advice on applications not covered here may be obtained from your Shell representative.
Note: For the Americas, this product is formulated using Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) technology base oil, while for APME & EUAF regions, the formulation uses re-refined base oil (RRBO).
Typical Physical Characteristics
| Properties | Method | AeroShell Smoke Oil |
|---|---|---|
| Colour (Saybolt) | ASTM D156 | 30 |
| Density @15°C Kg/m³ | ISO 12185 | 808 |
| Kinematic Viscosity @40°C mm²/s | ISO 3104 | 9.8 |
| Kinematic Viscosity @100°C mm²/s | ISO 3104 | 2.7 |
| Viscosity Index | ISO 2909 | 112 |
| Pour Point °C | ISO 3106 | -45 |
| Flash Point °C minimum | EN ISO 2592 | 180 |
These characteristics are typical of current production. Whilst future production will conform to Shell's specification, variations in these characteristics may occur.
