Date of Award

5-1937

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

John R. Koch

Abstract

In the selection of various waxes for commercial use, it has long been the custom to depend solely upon melting-point for property determination. Thus, for example, all paraffin waxes which had a melting range between 50 and 65 degrees centigrade, were thought to have much the same properties and that any or the commercial paraffins of this range would therefore impart the same characteristics to the product in which they were to be used. But with increased use, these waxes have come under more careful observation and experimentation. Very little data has as yet been released for publication but already it is apparent that melting-point does not guarantee certain properties. It is the purpose of this thesis to present experimental data showing the wide variance of certain properties of a number of commercial paraffin samples, all of which are in the same melting-point range. As has been stated, very little experimental literature concerning the waxes is readily available. The author has therefore compiled a somewhat exhaustive bibliography of wax literature which has been written within the last seven years and which has appeared in the leading periodicals during that time. It is hoped that this will be of service to others.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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