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Composition of wax from seed flax straw

Author(s) -

Tulloch A. P.,

Hoffman L. L.

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

journal of the american oil chemists' society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1558-9331

pISSN - 0003-021X

DOI - 10.1007/bf03027642

Subject(s) - wax , composition (language) , chemistry , component (thermodynamics) , organic chemistry , long chain , botany , biology , polymer science , philosophy , linguistics , physics , thermodynamics

and Summary Wax from leaves and stems of ripe seed flax contains hydrocarbons (14%), esters (35%), aldehydes, (12%), free acids (2%), free alcohols (17%), and unidentified material (20%). The chain length range of the hydrocarbons is C 25 ‐C 33 (major component C 29 ); of the esters is C 40 ‐C 52 (major component C 46 ); of the combined acids is C 14 ‐C 30 (major component C 18 ); and of the combined and free alcohols, the aldehydes, and the free acids is C 22 ‐C 32 (major component C 28 ).

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