wax glossary Additive: a substance added to petroleum products to impart some desirable property, e.g. polymer may be added to a petroleum wax to increase tackiness, or food grade butylated hydroxytoluene added to prevent oxidation in storage. Alkanes: hydrocarbon having the general Formula Cnttzn+z, also called a paraffin. API: American Petroleum Institute API Gravity: a […]
refined paraffin wax Paraffin Wax Production at the Refinery The following process and equipment has been prescribed for the refining of block paraffin. The slack wax from the chill room is melted and pumped to shallow steel pans in the sweater house, which houses several sweating ovens. The latter are well insulated rooms which accommodate […]
