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2. Wax melter - Wikipedia

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   Wax melters are devices used in the packaging and candle-making industries to melt wax. The type of tank used to melt candle wax is quite different from adhesives, solder, and tar. For example, tanks used for adhesives may need to be heated up to 260 °C (500 °F) [ 1 ] whilst an organic soy wax will be ruined at over 60 °C (140 °F) and ...

3. Molybdomancy - Wikipedia

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   EU regulations passed in 2018 limit the sale of toxic lead-containing products, including molybdomancy kits. Alternatives involve dripping molten wax or tin rather than lead into water. In the Czech Republic molybdomancy is one of the traditional Christmas traditions. [9]

4. Microcrystalline wax - Wikipedia

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   The microcrystalline wax has significantly more branching of the carbon chains that are the backbone of paraffin wax. This is useful when some desired functional changes in the paraffin are needed, such as flexibility, higher melt point, and increased opacity. They are also used as slip agents in printing ink.

5. Newton scale - Wikipedia

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   the heat of a bath in which liquid wax slowly becomes solid and assumes transparency 24: 2: the heat of a bath in which solid wax melts and is conserved in liquid state without boiling 28: 2 + 1 ⁄ 4: intermediate point between the boiling point of water and the melting point of wax 34

6. Paraffin wax - Wikipedia

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   Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between 20 and 40 carbon atoms. It is solid at room temperature and begins to melt above approximately 37 °C (99 °F), [ 2 ] and its boiling point is above 370 °C (698 °F). [ 2 ]

7. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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   Some traditions like a Christmas feast and caroling mirror those in other countries, but several Belarusian Christmas rituals and superstitions stand out, according to the tourism agency, such as ...