Paraffin is a mixture of hydrocarbons extracted from certain distillates of petroleum, shale oil or other ...    More ...

Paraffin is a mixture of hydrocarbons extracted from certain distillates of petroleum, shale oil or other bituminous mineral oils, the main component of which is solid alkanes, odorless and tasteless, white or light yellow translucent solid. Paraffin is a mixture of positive-chain saturated alkanes of different molecular weights, which can be expressed by the general formula CnH2n+2. According to the chemical state of paraffin, it can be divided into three categories: liquid paraffin, solid paraffin wax and microcrystalline wax. Paraffin wax has many advantages such as low price, wide range of sources, colorless and odorless, stable physical and chemical properties, and large latent heat of phase change, so it is widely used in medicine, packaging, construction, industry and agriculture and other fields.
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