COMMERCIAL WAXES NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC- Including Properties, Uses, Methods of Handling and Formulas for Making Commercial Wax Compositions. A SYMPOSIUM AND COMPILATION Edited by H. BENNETT. PREFACE: Natural waxes and wax-lifle materials have been used, from time immemorial, for candles, waterproofing, sealing, decorative, preservative, and other purposes. Synthetic waxes and wax-like materials, developed in the last decade, are finding increasing use and are supplanting natural waxes for many purposes. Since different waxes have different properties, each one is used to obtain certain end results. Whereas certain waxes are used alone, as paraffin wax in waxed papers, other uses require com binations of different waxes, resins, etc., to obtain a desired result. Because there is no one source of information available on the waxes used in industry, the writer was asked to prepare a book on commercial waxes for the chemist, engineer, superin tendent, purchasing agent, and student. It is hoped that this book will be helpful to these and others who are interested in commercial waxes and wax compositions. Much of the data given herein is from the writer's own laboratory and has never been disclosed. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Allan B. Olsen, both for data supplied by him and his constructive criticism of the manuscript. H. BENNETT. Contents include: PREFACE iii INTRODUCTION xi ABBREVIATIONS xv I. NATURAL WAXES 1 Mineral Waxes 1 Paraffin Wax 1 Macrocrystalline Waxes 60 Petrolatum Wax 68 Ozokerite 68 Ceresin 71 Utah Wax 71 Montan Wax 72 Vegetable Waxes 73 Botanical Origin of Waxes 73 Solubility of Vegetable Waxes 74 Carnauba Wax 74 Candelilla Wax . . ., : 77 Japan Wax 79 Ucuhuba Wax 80 Bayberry Wax 80 Ouricury Wax 81 Cocoa Butter 82 Fiber Wax 82 Cotton Wax 83 Flax Wax 84 Sugar Cane Wax 84 Animal Waxes 85 Spermaceti 85 v vi Table of Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. NATURAL WAXES ( Cont.) : Insect Waxes 86 Beeswax 86 Chinese Wax 89 Shellac Wax 89 II. MANUFACTURED AND SYNTHETIC WAXES 91 Fatty Alcohols 91 Cetyl Alcohol 91 Lanette Wax 93 Technical Stearyl Alcohol 94 Fatty Acids 94 Stearic Acid 94 Palmitic Acid 97 Myristic Acid 98 Distilled Fatty Acids 99 Polyglycols 101 Carbowax 101 Polyhydric Alcohol Fatty Acid Esters 105 Glyceryl Stearates 105 Glycol Stearates 107 Sorbitol Stearates 110 Pentaerythritol Stearates Ill Pentawaxes Ill Hydrogenated Oils Ill Opalwax 112 Chlorinated Naphthalenes 117 Halowax 117 Seekay Wax 117 Acrawaxes 119 Acrawax B 120 Acrawax C 121 I. G. Waxes 123 Miscellaneous Synthetic Waxes 127 Albacer 128 Adheso Wax 128 Table of Contents vii CHAPTER PAGE II. MANUFACTURED AND SYNTHETIC ' WAXES ( Cont.): Miscellaneous Synthetic Waxes ( Cont.) : B. Z. Wax A 129 Ceraflux ( Tech) 129 Diolin 129 Flexo Wax C 130 Gelowax 130 Glycowax A 131 Nipocer 131 Ozowax 132 Rezowax A 132 Rezowax B 132 Stroba Wax 133 Ketones, Amines, Amides, Nitriles 133 16-Hentriacontanone 133 Octadecyl-Hexadecyl Amine 135 Octadecylamine 135 CD Amides 136 Octadecanamide-Hexadecanamide 139 Octadecane nitrile 140 Octadecane-Hexadecane Nitrile 140 Santowaxes 141 Santowax OSA and Santowax PSA 148 Santowax R ( Regular) 148 III. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WAXES AND WAX COMPOSITIONS 153 IV. WAX TECHNOLOGY 233 Commercial Wax Solutions 253 Emulsions 261 V. WAXES IN INDUSTRY 267 Dental Waxes 267 Lipsticks 268.