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  • Thumbnail for Candle
    Candle (redirect from Candle wax)
    candle is an ignitable wick embedded in wax, or another flammable solid substance such as tallow, that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance. A candle...
    44 KB (5,289 words) - 19:04, 4 November 2024
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    Ozokerite (redirect from Mineral wax)
    ozocerite, archaically referred to as earthwax or earth wax, is a naturally occurring odoriferous mineral wax or paraffin found in many localities. Lacking a...
    5 KB (742 words) - 12:06, 1 April 2024
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    Lava lamp (redirect from Lava light)
    incandescent light bulb whose heat causes temporary reductions in the wax's density and the liquid's surface tension. As the warmed wax rises through...
    12 KB (1,384 words) - 10:44, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Waxed paper
    Waxed paper (also wax paper, waxpaper, or paraffin paper) is paper that has been made moisture-proof and grease-proof through the application of wax. The...
    5 KB (598 words) - 22:35, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Montan wax
    Montan wax, also known as lignite wax or OP wax, is a hard wax obtained by solvent extraction of certain types of lignite or brown coal. Commercially...
    2 KB (238 words) - 14:55, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Encaustic painting
    Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added....
    11 KB (1,191 words) - 15:15, 3 November 2024
  • leaves. The physical properties of ouricury wax resemble carnauba wax, so it can be used as a substitute where light color is not required, e.g. in carbon paper...
    1 KB (144 words) - 07:12, 17 December 2023
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    Earwax (redirect from Ear wax)
    dead skin cells and hair. Excess or compacted cerumen is the buildup of ear wax causing a blockage in the ear canal and it can press against the eardrum...
    41 KB (4,691 words) - 07:19, 15 November 2024
  • Adipocere (redirect from Grave wax)
    Adipocere (/ˈædɪpəˌsɪər, -poʊ-/), also known as corpse wax, grave wax or mortuary wax, is a wax-like organic substance formed by the anaerobic bacterial...
    8 KB (911 words) - 15:44, 14 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phonograph cylinder
    first cylinders were wrapped with tin foil but the improved version made of wax was created a decade later, after which they were commercialized. In the...
    28 KB (3,006 words) - 11:03, 8 August 2024
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    Beeswax (redirect from Bees wax)
    known as cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal...
    23 KB (2,537 words) - 00:21, 23 October 2024
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    tallow tree, or Chinese wax derived from insects. While the Japanese may use Japan wax from the Japanese wax tree. In India, wax from boiling cinnamon was...
    27 KB (2,996 words) - 20:25, 15 August 2024
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    a wax cylinder in 1890. Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Last of the Light Brigade" (1891) some 40 years after the appearance of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"...
    9 KB (938 words) - 20:59, 21 November 2024
  • Company of Wax Chandlers is one of the oldest livery companies of the City of London, with one of the smallest memberships (about 120). The Wax Chandlers'...
    8 KB (863 words) - 12:02, 13 November 2024
  • of the epicuticular wax are to decrease surface wetting and moisture loss. Other functions include reflection of ultraviolet light, assisting in the formation...
    20 KB (2,077 words) - 16:38, 22 October 2024
  • Mo' Wax was a British record label founded by James Lavelle in 1992. The label was not co-founded by Tim Goldsworthy, as is often reported. Steve Finan...
    11 KB (1,290 words) - 21:06, 3 October 2024
  • Sugarcane wax is a wax extracted from sugarcane. The production of sugarcane wax is difficult and economically intensive. Sugarcane is used almost exclusively...
    7 KB (908 words) - 14:49, 25 April 2024
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    of the underside of the "bell". Healthy wax apples have a light sheen to them. Despite its name, a ripe wax apple only resembles an apple on the outside...
    8 KB (856 words) - 11:57, 19 June 2024
  • to the presence of a high proportion of light hydrocarbon fractions. It generally has a low wax content. Light crude oil receives a higher price than heavy...
    7 KB (872 words) - 03:55, 25 August 2024
  • Nde Ndifonka (born 9 May 1985), best known by his stage name Wax Dey, is a Cameroonian singer, and songwriter. Ndifonka was born in Bamenda and is from...
    5 KB (434 words) - 07:39, 24 October 2024
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