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• n  from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
• n  a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
• n  (British usage) kerosine

• The paraffin process seemed likely to win back for the steamship companies a good share of that business, perhaps even increase consumption by lowering Eastern market prices.
• Previously, subtitles were the result of applying a protective coating of paraffin wax, then stamping the words onto each frame in a zinc strip.
• And choose soy, vegetable wax or beeswaxall renewable and biodegradable materialsover paraffin wax candles, which are petroleum based.

• paraffin wax
• methane series
• alkane series
• alkane
• paraffin series
• paraffin oil

News & Articles

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• Digital 3-D atlas of brain reveals tiny details
  In this photo provided by Katrin Amunts, Karl Zilles, Alan C. Evans, researchers use a microtome to cut sections from a brain preserved in paraffin wax into slivers 20-micrometers thick, resulting in over 7,400 slices.
  June 20, 2013 - Washington Examiner
• LGC Genomics and Covaris, Inc. Announce FFPE DNA Extraction Partnership
  WOBURN, Mass., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LGC Genomics and Covaris, Inc. announced they are partnering to develop an innovative solution for the high-throughput extraction of Nucleic Acids from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. Covaris recently introduced a kit...
  June 19, 2013 - PR Newswire

Quotes

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• Neelie Kroes in GMA news.tv
  The 'paraffin mafia' cartel ran from 1992 to 2005,Kroes said.
• Juan Uribe in ESPN
  Better yet, the Dominican police found out that my gun was not discharged, and the paraffin tests on me were also negative,Uribe said.
• Kalonzo Musyoka in Capital FM
  The customers who have been relying on charcoal and paraffin to cook will then turn to gas, and thus promote environmental conservation,Mr Musyoka noted.