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  • Paraffin may refer to: Paraffin wax, a white or colorless soft solid (also in liquid form) that is used as a lubricant and for other applications Liquid...
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    Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules...
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    Liquid paraffin, also known as paraffinum liquidum, paraffin oil, liquid paraffin oil or Russian mineral oil, is a very highly refined mineral oil used...
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  • Paraffin oil may refer to: (in British English) paraffin, called kerosene in North American English (in North American English) any of various hydrocarbon...
    248 bytes (63 words) - 14:22, 13 June 2021
  • Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are complex mixtures of polychlorinated n-alkanes (paraffin wax). The chlorination degree of CPs can vary between 30 and 70...
    12 KB (1,223 words) - 06:19, 5 October 2023
  • Paraffin is the third studio album by American hip hop group Armand Hammer. It was released via Backwoodz Studioz in 2018. Originally released on vinyl...
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  • Liquid paraffin may refer to: Liquid paraffin (drug) Mineral oil In chemistry, a mixture of heavier alkanes This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
    147 bytes (49 words) - 06:14, 29 December 2019
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    A petrol-paraffin engine, TVO engine (United Kingdom) or gasoline-kerosene engine (North America) is an old-fashioned type of dual-fuel internal combustion...
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    Alkane (redirect from Paraffin series)
    In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words...
    61 KB (5,939 words) - 18:36, 26 July 2024
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    Paraffin oxidation is a historical industrial process for the production of synthetic fatty acids. The fatty acids are further processed to consumer products...
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    Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with...
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  • Kerosene (redirect from Paraffin (fuel))
    Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households...
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  • "Paraffin" is the first single by British trip hop/industrial band Ruby, from their debut album, Salt Peter (1995). It was released in the United Kingdom...
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    best known for his method of distilling paraffin from coal and oil shales. He is often referred to as Paraffin Young. James Young was born in Shuttle Street...
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  • hydrocarbons to waxes extracted from vegetable matter. Specific examples include paraffin waxes in the straight-chain n-alkanes series. These melt and solidify over...
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    embedding media. For light microscopy, paraffin wax is the most frequently used embedding material. Paraffin is immiscible with water, the main constituent...
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    of older aircraft types by lowering their carbon footprint. Synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) refers to any non-petroleum-based fuel designed to replace...
    49 KB (4,610 words) - 06:51, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Daimler Paraffin Railway
    The Daimler Paraffin Railway was the first set of rolling stock with petrol engine. Three original vehicles for passenger and goods transport are exhibited...
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    name for a type of pressurised paraffin lamp (US: kerosene lamp) that uses a mantle. They are as synonymous with the paraffin lamp in Continental Europe as...
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  • Wax deposition or paraffin deposition refers to the accumulation of paraffin wax on the surface of a substance, typically a liquid or gas. This can occur...
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