Hydrocarbon Wax

Chlorinated Paraffins Wax are straight-chain hydrocarbons that have been chlorinated. Chlorinated paraffins Wax are classified according to their carbon-chain length and percentage of chlorination, with carbon-chain lengths generally ranging from C 10 to C 30 and chlorination from approximately 35% to greater than 70% by weight. Chlorinated paraffins Wax are made by chlorinating paraffin wax fractions obtained from petroleum distillation. The three most common commercial feedstocks used are paraffins with carbon number ranges of: Short-chain (C 10-13 ), Intermediate-chain (C 14-17 ) and Long-chain (C 18-30 ).