Product Profile of Paraffin Wax

Mahesh [India] supplies Paraffin Wax. Mahesh [India] offers petrochemicals, micro spheres, food colours and baby care products. The Paraffin Wax is a mixture consisting mostly of straight chain hydrocarbons, with about 20 - 35 carbons in the molecule and a molecular weight of about 300 - 500.

General properties of Paraffin Wax are:

• Hardness is such that it can be scarred with nails

• Extremely low volatility

• Viscosity in the molten state is extremely low

• Catches fire easily and burns without emitting harmful gas

• Great moisture proofing, water proofing and scent - preserving

• Latent heat of fusion is high enough to use it as heat storage materials

• Tasteless and odourless

• Easily decomposed by microbes.


The Paraffin Wax is used in:

• Paper Cups

• Plastic lubricants

• Paper Converting

• Rubber Antiozonant

• Cosmetic & Pharmaceutical, etc