Silicone oils aided fabrication of paraffin wax coated super-hydrophobic sand: A spectroscopic study [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 To address the global alarm of desertification and boost plant progress in arid and desert environments, super-hydrophobic sand has been suggested and fabricated in numerous researches.
K. Al-Mokhalelati +5 more
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Effect of Lipid Additives and Drug on the Rheological Properties of Molten Paraffin Wax, Degree of Surface Drug Coating, and Drug Release in Spray-Congealed Microparticles [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2018 Paraffin wax is potentially useful for producing spray-congealed drug-loaded microparticles with sustained-release and taste-masking properties. To date, there is little information about the effects of blending lipids with paraffin wax on the melt ...
Hongyi Ouyang +3 more
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Vacuum/compression valving (VCV) using parrafin-wax on a centrifugal microfluidic CD platform. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 This paper introduces novel vacuum/compression valves (VCVs) utilizing paraffin wax. A VCV is implemented by sealing the venting channel/hole with wax plugs (for normally-closed valve), or to be sealed by wax (for normally-open valve), and is activated ...
Wisam Al-Faqheri +6 more
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Paraffin wax as self-sealing insulation material of seasonal sensible heat storage systems-A laboratory study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Seasonal heat storage is considered as one of the key elements on the path to a low-emission economy. Embedded in local district heating networks, they raise the share of renewable energies and balance out highly fluctuating supplies of e.g.
Christoph Bott +2 more
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HYDRO-DE-AROMATIZATION OF PARAFFIN WAX
Journal of Engineering, 2005 Iraqi paraffin wax (1.0 wt% aromatic content and 4.4 wt% oil content, Basrah origin) was hydro treated over commercial Pt-Re/y-Al203 catalyst in order to study aromatic removal reaction (de-aromatization) kinetics.
Ammar S. Abbas, Suondos K. A. Barnoo
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Recycling of Waste Paraffin Wax by the Addition of SiO2 Nano-Powders to Improve Thermal Conductivity [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2019 Paraffin wax is an important material used in thermal energy storage (TES) systems. The thermal conductivity of the material is an important parameter that decides the degree of exploitation of the paraffin wax in TES systems. The thermal conductivity is
Aseel Al-Zubaidi
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Blending Petroleum Waxes with Suitable Polymeric Additives as a Simple and Promising Way to Improve the Quality of Petroleum Waxes for Numerous Industrial Applications [PDF]
Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, 2021 Basic waxes resulting from all oil refineries such as Paraffin wax and Microcrystalline wax are to be blended using additives to tailor the wax compound’s specifications. Such compounded waxes are suitable to be used in packing, food, labeling, adhesives,
El–Sayed Mohamed El–Sayed Ibrahim +5 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 The present study deals with the emhancement of thermophysical properties of paraffin wax using Silver nanoparticles and to study the feasibility of its application in a stepped solar still through an experimental approach. Along with the experimentation,
Essam Banoqitah +6 more
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Research of binders wetting property for preparation of feedstocks [PDF]
, 2016 The article describes the research of binders wetting property for preparation of feedstocks. The compositions of binders such as: 15% of polypropylene+85% of paraffin wax, 35% of polypropylene+65% of paraffin wax and 65% of polypropylene+35% of paraffin
Воробьев, А. О. +2 more
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Explicit Modelling of the Ignition Transient Structural Response of a Paraffin Wax Hybrid Rocket Motor Fuel Grain [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2021 Paraffin wax has been identified as a hybrid rocket motor fuel, which offers enhanced regression rates and improved combustion performance. While various investigations into the performance of this class of fuels are being conducted around the world ...
Kirsty Veale, Jean Pitot, Clinton Bemont
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