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Wax — For other uses, see Wax (disambiguation). Cetyl palmitate, a typical wax ester … Wikipedia
wax — Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat sensitive substances, including beeswax, ceresin, carnauba, tallow, paraffin, and micro crystalline wax. Most waxes consist of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but… … Glossary of Art Terms
Crystalline fully refined wax — A light colored paraffin wax having the following characteristics: • viscosity at 210 degrees Fahrenheit (D88) 59.9 SUS (10.18 centistokes) maximum; • oil content (D721) 0.5 percent maximum; • other +20 color, Saybolt minimum. U.S. Dept … Energy terms
Rice bran wax — is the vegetable wax extracted from the bran oil of rice (Oryza sativa). Contents 1 Chemical Composition 2 Uses 3 Physical Properties 4 Ref … Wikipedia
Lost-wax casting — A model of an apple in wax … Wikipedia
Carnauba wax — Carnauba (English pronunciation: /kɑːrˈnɔːbə/ or /kɑːrˈnaʊbə/), also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the palm Copernicia prunifera, a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern … Wikipedia
Epicuticular wax — In botany, the plant cuticle is covered by epicuticular wax mainly consistingof straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbons with a variety of substituted groups. Commonexamples are paraffins in leaves of peas and cabbages, alkyl esters in leaves of… … Wikipedia
Chinese wax — is a white to yellowish white, gelatinous, crystalline water insoluble substance obtained from the wax secreted by certain insects. It resembles spermaceti but is harder, more friable, and with a higher melting point. It is deposited on the… … Wikipedia
Nepenthes alata — upper pitcher. Mount Ambucao, Luzon. Conservation status … Wikipedia
metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… … Universalium
