NOUN
- from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
How To Use paraffin wax In A Sentence
- He experimented by exposing paraffin wax to crushed Salvia leaves and found the solid wax readily adsorbed the volatile terpenes from the air.
- He experimented by exposing paraffin wax to crushed Salvia leaves and found the solid wax readily adsorbed the volatile terpenes from the air.
- Hold it in place with elastic bands and smear with paraffin wax to seal the cuts. The Sun
- Paraffin Wax treatments completely relax in the warm moisture rich bath.
- One of the many byproducts of our Petroleum reservoir is paraffin wax, an alkane with dozens of handy uses in your day to day life! Archive 2007-11-01
- It is a piece of lymph node tissue that was taken for a biopsy from a woman in Kinshasa in 1960 and preserved in a bed of paraffin wax. AIDS Virus Leapt The Species Barrier Early Last Century | Disinformation
- Hold it in place with elastic bands and smear with paraffin wax to seal the cuts. The Sun
- Just think about the pollutants crammed into the paraffin wax and the artificial scents you're filling your home with. Times, Sunday Times
- The suitcase contained chlorate of potash and paraffin wax, which was mixed with gelignite to form an explosive compound.
- The researchers thought that paraffin wax, which is made up of long straight molecules that don't react with much, might help line things up, while soap, a surfactant called oleic acid, might help the growing crystals disperse evenly. Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine