Nomenclature
CAS number: 8002-53-7
Lignite wax.
Description and references
Obtained by extraction from lignite. Asphalt
and resin content and physical properties vary with source of lignite.
Brief review: C. S. Letcher in Kirk-Othmer
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology vol. 24 (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 3rd ed., 1984) pp 471-472.
Properties
Dark-brown lumps; white or nearly white when bleached.
mp 80-86°. Saponification
number 88-112. Insol in water. Sol in benzene, chloroform, carbon
tetrachloride, hot petr ether; incompletely sol in hot ether or boiling
alcohol.Use
Electric cable insulators; in polishes instead of
carnauba wax; manuf candles, waterproof paints and varnishes.