Many cheeses are coated with a paraffin wax, particularly those destined for export markets Edam is probably the best known The wax protects the cheese
A white or colorless pertroleum-derived solid wax It is often used in making candles and cosmetics This is the wax commonly found in the grocery store and used to seal canning jars
hydrocarbon identified by saturated straight (normal or branched {iso}) carbon chains The generalized paraffinic molecule can be symbolized by the formula CH+ Paraffins are relatively non-reactive and have excellent oxidation stability In contrast to naphthenic oils, paraffinic lube oils have relatively high wax content and pour point, and generally have a high viscosity index (VI) Paraffinic solvents are generally lower in solvency than naphthenic or aromatic solvents See hydrocarbon, normal paraffin, and saturated hydrocarbon
British usage from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins