Solvent

It is used  in shortenings, salad dressings, margarine, soaps, rubber softeners, dietary supplements, pesticide carriers, drugs, cosmetics, animal feeds, and tin and tin-lead plating, as drying oil (i.e. paints, coatings, inks, caulks, and core oils), as chemical intermediate for fatty acids, soaps, lubricants, plastics, plastic chemicals (especially plasticizers), rubber-like compounds, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals