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10 Wax Industry Terms You Should Know

Wax mixtures are used in a wide variety of products. If your product requires a wax mixture, you should be aware of these wax terms.

1.Formats

Bulk wax mixtures can be processed into various packaging forms according to your needs. We produce ingots, tablets and liquid bulk packaging forms for our wax mixtures.

2.Needle Penetration

The needle penetration measurement test is used to measure the hardness of wax.

3.Viscosity

Viscosity is a measure of a liquid’s resistance to flow. For example, honey is more viscous than water.

4.Congealing Point

Freezing point is a property of wax and is used to measure the temperature at which wax begins to harden. It is close to the solid state, but not yet fully hardened. Each wax has a different freezing point.

5.Synthetic Waxes

Synthetic waxes are man-made waxes. They usually consist of natural gas and ethylene. Synthetic waxes include fatty acid amides, polyolefins, Fischer-Tropsch synthetic waxes and polar synthetic waxes.

6. Petrolatum

Not to be confused with petroleum, petroleum jelly is a wax byproduct of heavy lubricants. It is filtered and blended into petroleum jelly. It is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons.

7. Crude Wax

Crude wax is an unrefined mixture with a high percentage of oil. It is used to manufacture  scale and paraffin waxes.

8. Slack Wax

Slack Wax is an unrefined, coarse wax that contains a fairly high percentage of oil.

9.Melting Point

The melting point is a measurement of the temperature at which a solid wax becomes a liquid. Different wax types have different melting points.

10. Hydrogenated Triglyceride

Hydrogenated triglycerides are also known as tallow. They form a waxy solid during the hydrogenation of animal fats and oils.

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