Ointments in a fatty base and emulsions of the water-in-oil type may be diluted to 1% in isopropyl myristate as described above, by heating, if necessary, to not more than 40 .

In the gravity type oil water separating field, the shearing field mainly exists in all kinds of collison packing and flow boundary of vessel.

Due to its high stability as an emulsifier it is used to prepare oil in water type emulsions.