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Beeswax
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Secreted by bees and used to construct their honeycombs.
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Candelilla
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Wax from the leaves of the Candelilla shrub ("little candle.") The plants forms clusters of wax-covered stems, and are traditionally harvested to extract the thick wax coating.
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Carnauba
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Wax from on the lower surfaces of Carnauba palm leaves.
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Congealing point
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Wax property that measures the temperature at which wax begins to “set.” Close to the solid state.
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Cottonseed wax
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Wax made from hydrogenated cottonseed oil.
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Crude wax
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Unrefined mixture that still contains a high percentage of oil. Used for the manufacture of scale wax and paraffin wax.
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Formats
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The physical forms in which bulk wax is processed for packaging, including pastilles, slabs, or liquid bulk.
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Hydrogenated triglyceride/tallow
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Waxy solids from the hydrogenation of oils and fats from animals.
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Melting point, Melt Points
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The measure of the temperature at which wax becomes liquid.
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Microcrystalline
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Type of wax derived from refining heavy distillates from lubricating oil. Properties include finer and less apparent crystalline structure and complex branched hydrocarbons.
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Mineral wax
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A waxlike mineral resin that is a mixture of hydrocarbons found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt, coal, or petroleum.
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Natural wax
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Waxes derived from plants, insects, and animals.
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Needle penetration
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A test performed to measure the physical hardness of wax.
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Palm
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Wax derived from hydrogenating palm oil.
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Paraffin
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A wax derived from refining light to medium lubricating oil, can be refined to be nearly colorless and odorless. Properties include solid straight-chain hydrocarbons.
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Pastilles
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Format of small wax beads.
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Petrolatum
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Petrolatum is the wax byproduct of heavy lubricating oil, and is filtered and blended to petroleum jelly. Properties include a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons.
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Petroleum wax
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Petroleum waxes are carbon based, derived from decomposed or fossilized organic matter. Separated from lubricating oil by vacuum distillation. Include Paraffin, Microcrystalline, and Petrolatum.
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Rapeseed
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Vegetable wax from the hydrogenation and partial hardening of rapeseed oil.
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Slab
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A format of bulk wax processed into rectangular sheets.
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Slack wax
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Unrefined crude wax containing a fairly high percentage of oil.
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Soy wax
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Partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
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Synthetic wax
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Manmade, composed from natural gas or ethylene.
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Tallow
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Waxy solids from the hydrogenation of oils and fats from animals.
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Vegetable waxes
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Waxes found on the leaves, stems, or fruits of some plants to protect from water loss.
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Viscosity
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Measure of a liquid’s resistance to flow.
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