Wax compositions

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1986-02-18

1987-12-22

Morris, Theodore

Compositions: coating or plastic

Coating or plastic compositions

Wax containing

44 75, C08L 9106

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047144963

ABSTRACT:
Improved wax compositions suitable for the preparation of candles, as the sole fuel component or as an overdip applied to a paraffin or paraffin/fatty acid candle, are provided. The compositions of this invention are a blend of a paraffin, a C.sub.16 or C.sub.18 saturated fatty acid or mixture of said fatty acids, and an alpha-alkyl-branched carboxylic acid obtained by the free radical addition of a C.sub.20-44 alpha-olefin or alpha-olefin mixture and a carboxylic acid having 3 to 36 carbon atoms. A process for improving the surface characteristics of paraffin or paraffin/fatty acid candles by applying the present wax compositions thereto as an overdip and the resulting improved candles obtained therefrom are also disclosed.

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patent: 4118203 (1978-10-01), Beardmore et al.
patent: 4293345 (1981-10-01), Zeilstra et al.
Warth, A. H., "The Chemistry of Waxes", Nov. 16, 1956, p. 659.

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