Paraffin

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Paraffin (oil) - A light-colored, wax-free oil obtained by pressing paraffin distillate.

Paraffin (wax) - The wax removed from paraffin distillates by chilling and pressing. When separating from solutions, it is a colorless, more or less translucent, crystalline mass, without odor and taste, slightly greasy to touch, and consisting of a mixture of solid hydrocarbons in which the paraffin series predominates.