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Paraffin wax (or
petroleum wax) is a soft
colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil
shale that
consists of a
mixture of
hydrocarbon molecules...
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Paraffin may
refer to:
Paraffin wax, a
white or
colorless soft
solid (also in
liquid form) that is used as a
lubricant and for
other applications Liquid...
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Liquid paraffin, also
known as
paraffinum liquidum,
paraffin oil,
liquid paraffin oil or
Russian mineral oil, is a very
highly refined mineral oil used...
- Kerosene, or
paraffin, is a
combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is
derived from petroleum. It is
widely used as a fuel in
aviation as well as households...
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organic chemistry, an alkane, or
paraffin (a
historical trivial name that also has
other meanings), is an
acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In
other words...
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Petroleum jelly,
petrolatum (/ˌpɛtrəˈleɪtəm/),
white petrolatum, soft
paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS
number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid
mixture of...
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Paraffin oil may
refer to: (in
British English)
paraffin,
called kerosene in
North American English (in
North American English) any of
various hydrocarbon...
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Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are
complex mixtures of
polychlorinated n-alkanes (
paraffin wax). The
chlorination degree of CPs can vary
between 30 and 70...
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Liquid paraffin may
refer to:
Liquid paraffin (drug)
Mineral oil In chemistry, a
mixture of
heavier alkanes This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated...
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embedding media. For
light microscopy,
paraffin wax is the most
frequently used
embedding material.
Paraffin is
immiscible with water, the main constituent...
