Paraffin - is that? How to use paraffin at home?

Paraffin - is that? This product is well known to each of us. At least once in my life we had to deal with him. It is widely used in a wide variety of fields - medicine, food production, and electrical engineering. Let's try to understand the properties of this product and its types.

Paraffin - is that?

The above substance is a fairly solid mixture of high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons of the limiting nature. The composition of paraffin also includes cyclic hydrocarbons, which are obtained from ozocerite and oil.

Purified paraffin is what? It has the following features:

• The product is colorless;
• Greasy to the touch;
• without smell;
• There is no taste;
• It is highly soluble in mineral oils and organic solvents;
• Insoluble in water and alcohol.

Poorly purified paraffin is a product that has a brown or yellow hue, and also darkens in the light.

The above substance has good resistance to the action of bases and acids, oxidants, alkali metals and halogens.

Types of paraffin

This product is divided into the following paraffins:

• Highly purified technical (brands A and B);
• Untreated (match);
• Purified technical (G and D grades);
• Medical.

The most important characteristics of paraffin are:

• Melting point - 50 degrees Celsius (not lower);
• The oil content is minimum 0.6% and maximum 2.3% (not higher).

The match paraffin is different. His melting point should be 42 degrees Celsius, but in no case lower, and the oil content is allowed no more than 5%.

Application of paraffin

The above product is widely used in the following industries:

• Polygraphic;
• Paper;
• Textile;
• Tannery;
• Electrotechnical;
• Paint and varnish.

Also it is used:

• For paraffinotherapy in cosmetology and medicine;
• As a paraffin for candles;
• As a lubricant for friction parts made of wood;
• In combination with gasoline acts as an anti-corrosion coating;
• For the production of petroleum jelly;
• This product is registered as E905 - food additive;
• Acts as a lubricant for skiing snowboard;
• It is used in engineering and nuclear physics (slows down neurons and is a "generator" of protons).

In addition, paraffin is actively used in radio engineering. It is used in situations where high electrical strength, low cost, minimum AC losses and the ability to quickly release it from a simple heating method are needed.

What is the difference between the above oil and wax?

Wax is a mixture of complex solid esters, which form fatty acids and higher alcohols (high molecular weight).

What is the difference between the above substances? It should be noted that a product that does not burn at all, but only melts, is, of course, wax. On the contrary, paraffin burns completely.

Wax is a yellow-brown tint. Paraffin is exclusively white. All the other shades of the manufacturer are obtained by adding dyes to it.

Natural wax is a natural, environmentally friendly substance. Paraffin is produced from petroleum products, so it is a synthetic material.

Wax in its properties often resembles plasticine. It is very flexible, very soft, quite plastic. Paraffin, on the contrary, is excessively crumbled when cutting.

How to use paraffin at home?

This product is actively used for paraffin therapy. This is a very effective and natural procedure that provides an opportunity to eliminate defects and deficiencies in the skin and not only. The method of paraffinotherapy is based on the use of a special film from the above product, which creates a so-called greenhouse effect.

Paraffin at home can be used for:

• Bleaching of the skin;
• Elimination of the second chin and gravitational ptosis;
• Protection of smudges from cracks and dryness;
• Cleansing of the skin, its rejuvenation.

Paraffinotherapy home for the hands to do, of course, is easy. To do this, you need to buy refined cosmetic paraffin. Specialists pay attention to the fact that allergy sufferers need to buy this product with peach oil content.

Paraffin needs to be warmed up to a liquid state. To do this, use the water bath method. Then it is important to massage the hands with a scrub or, for example, a special mitten. Then you need to put your hands in liquid paraffin and immediately remove them. After 10 seconds repeat this action. It is necessary that thin "gloves" from paraffin are formed on the hands . Then wrap the hands with food film or, for example, cellophane camouflage and keep at least 20 minutes.

Then remove paraffin. Experts do not recommend using this product again. After the procedure, you should apply a moisturizing cream on your hands.

Paraffin is an excellent product that has found its application in various fields.