ABSTRACT
Density (g cm
K3
): 0.87-0.94
Paraffin is a polymer material.
Paraffin becomes solidified by cooling the heavy portion of fractionally distilled oil. It is purified by
pressing and filtering. It is a mixture of the methane-chained hydrocarbon, Composition: C
n
H
2nC2
,
with a boiling point higher than 3008C.
