Separation of paraffin wax using solvent fractionation

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-574

  Mohamed, N H ^a   Zaky, M T ^a   Farag, A S ^a   Fahmy, A F M ^b  

^a EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fractional crystallization; Mixed solvent; Paraffin waxes; Single solvent; Slack waxes

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; KETONES; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION TECHNIQUE; MIXED SOLVENT; SLACK WAXES;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

EID: 41249101333     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460600809816     Document Type: Article

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