Carnauba Wax

Name:
Carnauba Wax
Detailed information:
(Brazil wax). The hardest and most expensive commercial wax.

Properties:

Hard solid in form of yellow to greenish-brown lumps; slight odor. D 0.995 (15/15C), mp 84–86C, acid number 2–9, iodine number 13.5. Soluble in ether, boiling alcohol, and alkalies; insoluble in water. Combustible.

Derivation:

Exudation from leaves of the wax palm Copernica cerifera (Brazil).

Grade:

By numbers and sources; crude and refined; powdered; FCC.

Use:

Shoe polishes, leather finishes, varnishes, electric insulating compositions, furniture and floor polishes, carbon paper, waterproofing, to prevent sunchecking of rubber and plastic products, confectionery, cosmetics.