Hard Paraffin Wax

Grade fully refined (58-600c & 60- 620c) & semi refined

Paraffin wax is a mixture of solid hydrocarbons of high molecular weight that are obtained from crude petroleum. It is characterized by relatively large crystals & is insoluble in water or alcohol, but sparingly soluble in benzene, turpentine, chloroform, ether, carbon disulfide and oils. It is also miscible with fats.

Application:

Paraffin wax is ideally suitable for manufacture of premium quality candles, cosmetic creams & pharmaceutical ointments, petroleum jelly, match industry, textile auxiliaries, sizing chemicals, master-batches in plastic industry, shoe polishes, stationery industry in crayons, pencils etc, printing inks & as a general purpose lubricant in industry. Other applications include water proofing, cork, paper, floor polishes, electric insulators, leather finishing chemicals & dye intermediates. It is also used as an anti corrosive agent and sealing materials manufacture.

Typical properties:

Sr. No.	Characteristics	Fully refined	Semi refined
1	Appearance	white to off white crystalline slabs	creamish white to pale yellow slabs
2	Colour	+29 saybolt min.	+28 saybolt min.
3	Odour	characteristic	characteristic
4	Specific gravity at 150 c	0. 88 - 0. 92	0. 88 - 0. 92
5	Oil content	less than 0. 5%	less than 5%
6	Melting point	58º to 60 ºc, 60º to 62 ºc	55º to 65 ºc
7	Needle penetration @ 25ºc	10 - 25 m/m	30 - 50 m/m
8	Flash point (pmcc), ºc	180 ºc min	160 ºc min
9	Water soluble acid & alkali	nil	nil

Packing: 50 kgs p. P. Bags / 25 kgs cartons