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paraffin, white, more-or-less translucent, odorless, tasteless, waxy solid. It melts between 47°C; and 65°C; and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether, benzene, and certain esters. Paraffin is unaffected by most common chemical reagents but burns readily in air. Obtained from petroleum during refining, it is used in candles, for coating paper, and for various other purposes. Chemically, paraffin is a mixture of high-molecular-weight alkanes alkane (ăl`kān), any of a group of aliphatic hydrocarbons whose molecules contain only single bonds (see chemical bond ). ..... Click the link for more information. , i.e., saturated hydrocarbons hydrocarbon (hī'drōkär`bən), any organic compound composed solely of the elements hydrogen and carbon. ..... Click the link for more information. with the general formula CnH2n+2, where n is an integer between 22 and 27. |
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T 504 cm-97 Glue in paper (qualitative & quantitative determination) (July 7) T 408 cm-97 Rosin in paper and paperboard (July 19) T 405 cm-97 Petroleum wax in impregnated papers (July 21) T 528 cm-97 Solvent holdout of electrophotographic base paper (July 24) T 255 cm-97 Water-soluble sulfates in pulp and paper (July 28) T 611 cm-97 Analysis of bleaching powder, calcium hypochlorite bleach liquor and bleach sludge (Aug. 5 trimethylquinoline Diphenylamine-acetone 1 1 1 reaction product ZMTI 1 1 1 Petroleum wax 3 3 Magnesium oxide 10 10 10 10 10 Zinc oxide 5 5 Zinc stearate 3 Stearic acid 1 1 TAIC 5 5 3 Di (2-tert-butylperoxyiso- 7 7. Faced with a shrinking supply of petroleum wax and a rise in woodburning fireplace restrictions by air quality districts in the West, Duraflame's product development team set out this past year to determine how to make the next generation of manufactured firelogs. |
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