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Definition of Paraffin wax
1. Noun. From crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings.
Definition of Paraffin wax
1. Noun. A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Paraffin wax
1. A wax derived from petroleum. Synonym: mineral wax. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraffin Wax
Literary usage of Paraffin wax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"The amounts of paraffin wax added to the mixture of cholesterol and phytosterol
are therefore, in the order of the vertical columns, 2 per cent, 3 per cent, ..."
2. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"The Manufacture of paraffin wax.1—After the distillation has reached the stage
where the boiling point exceeds 450°F., the paraffin wax and lubricating oils ..."
3. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"According to Höfer, ozokerite has been formed by the slow evaporation, during
many centuries, of petroleum rich in paraffin wax. On distillation it yields ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"By judiciously mixing stearin and paraffin wax, the candle maker is able to
obviate many of the defects of the substances, whilst retaining their advantages ..."
5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1886)
"For the quantitative analysis of mixtures of paraffin wax with fatty acids or
... Scale'' is the technical name for the crude paraffin wax deposited by ..."
6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Also the paraffin wax itself is heated to about 170°-180°FT and poured in a highly
mobile ... Thus, if the pipes are colder than the inflowing paraffin wax, ..."
7. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge, Charles Alexander Keane, E. Adam, P. Aulich, T. L. Bailey, C. O. Bannister (1914)
"The "scale" is subsequently refined to form the paraffin wax of commerce.
Hard paraffin wax for the manufacture of candles should melt at about 50. ..."
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