This title is Volume 1 of a 2 Volume set. - Contents - Introduction -Abbreviations -PART 1. NATURAL WAXES - 1. PARAFFIN WAX - Occurrence in Nature -Composition of Petroleum -Grades of Paraffin Wax -Manufacture of Paraffin Waxes -Composition of Paraffin Waxes -Properties of Paraffin Waxes -Wax-Oil Mixtures -Miscellaneous Data -Physical Properties of Some Commercial Waxes -2. MICROCRYSTALLINE WAXES -Differences Between Microcrystalline and Paraffin Waxes -Fractional Crystallization of Petroleum Waxes -Properties of Microcrystalline Waxes -Oxidized Microcrystalline Waxes -Petrolatum -Uses of Microcrystalline Waxes -Miscellaneous Data -Properties of Some Commercial Microcrystalline Waxes -3. OTHER MINERAL WAXES -Montan Wax -Lignite Wax -Ozocerite -Ceresin -Utah Wax -Peat Wax -4. VEGETABLE WAXES -Bayberry -Candelilla -Carnauba -Cotton -Esparto -Fir -Japan -Ouricury -Palm -Rice-Oil -Sugar Cane -Ucuhuba -Cocoa Butter -5. ANIMAL WAXES -Beeswax -Chinese Wax -Shellac Wax -Spermaceti -Wool Wax -PART 2. : SYNTHETIC WAXES6. FATTY ALCOHOLS AND ACID -Cetyl Alcohol - Lanette Wax -Stearyl Alcohol -Stearic Acid -Palmitic Acid -Myristic Acid -7. FATTY ACID ESTERS AND GLYCERIDES -Glyceryl Stearates -Glycol Fatty-Acid Stearates -Sorbitol Stearates -Polyethylene Glycol Stearates -Properties of Selected Commercial Products -8. HYDROGENATED OILS -Properties of Selected Commercial Products -9. KETONES, AMINES, AMIDES -Stearone, Laurone -Aliphatic Amines -Aliphatic Amides -Properties of Some Commercial Products -10. CHLORONAPHTHALENES -11. SYNTHETIC MINERAL WAXES -Fisher-Tropsch Waxes -Duroxon Waxes -12. SYNTHETIC ANIMAL WAXES -Synthetic Beeswax -Modified Spermaceti Waxes -Modified Lanolin Waxes -13. MISCELLANEOUS SYNTHETIC WAXES -Oxazoline -Experimental Waxes -