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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paraffin
may refer to:
Substances
Paraffin wax
, a white or colorless soft solid (also in liquid form) that is used as a lubricant and for other applications
Liquid paraffin (drug)
, a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and for medical purposes
Alkane
, a saturated hydrocarbon
Kerosene
, a fuel that is also known as paraffin
Mineral oil
, any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum
Petroleum jelly
, also called soft paraffin
Tractor vaporizing oil
, a fuel for petrol-paraffin engines
Other uses
"Paraffin" (song)
the first single off the 1995 album
Salt Peter
by Ruby
Paraffin - WiX command-line tool
, a free software toolset that builds Windows Installer (MSI) packages from an XML document
Paraffin
(album)
See also
Kerosene (disambiguation)
Paraffin oil (disambiguation)
Paraffin test
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