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Definition of Montan wax
1. Noun. A hard wax obtained from lignite.
Medical Definition of Montan wax
1. A mineral wax extracted from lignite. Origin: L. Montanus, of a mountain, fr. Mons, mountain (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Montan Wax
Literary usage of Montan wax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asphalts and Allied Substances: Their Occurrence, Modes of Production, Uses by Herbert Abraham (1920)
"Commercial montan wax complies with the following characteristics: (Test 1) Color
in mass: Crude montan wax Dark brown Product obtained by distillation in ..."
2. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Crude montan wax is black or dark brown, but the purified product is white or
yellowish and of fibrous-crystalline appearance. The determinations made are ..."
3. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge, Charles Alexander Keane, E. Adam, P. Aulich, T. L. Bailey, C. O. Bannister (1914)
"... the proportion of the sample that distils below 300° the greater is its value
as a gas oil. III. montan wax. montan wax was first prepared by E. von ..."
4. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"The crude montan wax is purified by distillation with superheated steam in a
vacuum.* The montan wax is used for the preparation of shoe polish, ..."
5. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1915)
"B. montan wax The entire amount of bitumen, which can be obtained by destructive
distillation of a bituminous coal, cannot be obtained by extraction with ..."
6. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"montan wax. By extraction of the lignites found in Saxony and Thuringia by means
of volatile solvents, a waxy material known as montan wax is obtained. ..."
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