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Wax
It's made of a long fatty acid chain and a long alcoholic chain. They are highly waterproof and form a protective covering that also lessens the loss of water. It's found on plant leaves and fruits and in animals in the skin, fur, and ear canals.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoParaffin is a common name for a group of high molecular weight alkane hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2, where n is greater than about 20, discovered by Carl Reichenbach.
In the United Kingdom and South Africa the fuel known elsewhere as kerosene is called paraffin oil (or just paraffin), and the solid forms of paraffin are called paraffin wax.
Paraffin is also a technical name for an alkane in general, but in most cases it refers specifically to a linear, or normal alkane, while branched, or isoalkanes are also called isoparaffins. (Latin para+affinis with the meaning here of "lacking affinity", or "lacking reactivity")
Physical and chemical properties
It is mostly found as a white, odorless, tasteless, waxy solid, with a typical melting point between about 47°C and 65°C. It is insoluble in water, but soluble in ether, benzene, and certain esters. Paraffin is unaffected by most common chemical reagents, but burns readily.
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∙ 12y agoI do not know what the structure is. but it is made up of hydrogen and carbon
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∙ 11y ago- it is an organic compound
- it does not react with water
- it is flammable
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What is solvent wax?
Solvent wax refers to solvents that remove wax. The solvent is able to dissolve, or get rid of, the wax.
Is wax a living organism?
No, it's in no way alive. It is a type of fat (lipid) with certain other molecules, and while it is often produced by living creatures, it has no cells or any characteristics of life.
What is the difference between surf wax and curb wax?
Surf wax makes your board or whatever sticky so surf wax is for sticking. Curb wax is normally used for sliding with grinds, so it's slippery. Surf wax = sticky Curb wax = slippery
Is carbohydrate a type of wax?
Carbohydrate is not a wax.
Can you mix candle wax?
How do I make floor wax with candles
Which of the following are characteristics of the Pardoner?
His hair is as yellow as wax. His head is bare. He has a wallet full of pardons.
What is the plural of wax?
The plural for wax is still wax.
Do wax beans have wax in them?
No not in them but the have a wax substance on the outside of them
What is John Locke's Interpretation of Rene Descartes Wax Example?
In Descartes' Wax Example, he describes a wax candle heating up and changing all of the properties we can perceive, yet we still perceive it to be wax, which he explains is a result of our intellectual sense of substance. Locke expands on this with his idea of substratum, the substance of a thing that is free of characteristics. However, he believes the substratum is imperceptible because it cannot be sensed in a physical way and rejects Decartes notion of the intellectual sense.
How can you get wax off your tile floor?
not candle wax but the wax that you can put wax warmer it was spilled
What is the Different between dental floss with wax and without wax?
If you are allergic to wax don't get the wax kind.
What is golf wax?
Golf wax is the name of a brand of paraffin wax. Paraffin wax is usually used for making candles, or for therapeutic wax for the skin.
Was it wax in wax out or wax on wax off from the karate kid movie?
Wax on, Wax off is how Mr. Myagi taught Daniel how to do a circle block. The block is one of the cornerstones of Okinawa karate.
What is solvent wax?
Solvent wax refers to solvents that remove wax. The solvent is able to dissolve, or get rid of, the wax.
What is the alternate use of montan wax carnauba wax used to make carbon paper roll?
What is the alternate use of montan wax ? What is the alternate use of montan wax ? Alternate of Montan Wax is Carnauba Wax. Montan and Carnauba wax cannot be replaced fully but it can partially replaced by Vegetable wax compound.
Do wax worms come from wax moths?
Yes, they are the larva of the wax moth.
What nicknames does Yung Wax go by?
Yung Wax goes by Yung Wax.
