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 […]
What Is Wax ? Wax Definition Wax is a broad term used to describe a general group of organic compounds. Early on, “wax” was often used as a synonym for “beeswax.” Later on, other natural materials were discovered that also showed wax-like properties and in the 20th century synthetic waxes became available. There is no […]
