Paraffin wax is a petroleum by-product of crude oil refineries. After careful processing and refining, it becomes a white, colorless and translucent solid wax which consists of a mixture of solid straight-chain hydrocarbons ranging in melting point from about 48°C to 66°C (120°F to 150°F). Because of the very stable nature of paraffin wax, it is widely used for many application exploiting the property of wax to resists water, moisture, air, scratch, ozone, and other undesirable things. Paraffin wax is used in applications such as for candle, tire and rubber industry, resist dyeing material for Batik industry, in plastic masterbatch, as well as in hot melt adhesive industry.
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