With over 20 years of experience as technology and R&D manager in the industry Ernst
Krendlinger collates here all the relevant information on basic wax properties and processing
technologies otherwise scattered across the literature and company brochures. After a general
introduction he provides an overview of the chemistry of waxes including their composition
molecular structure and analysis. In addition he discusses such physical properties as carbon
chain length distribution dropping point and acid number. Subsequent chapters deal with
synthetic waxes from Fischer-Tropsch processes paraffin and amide waxes as well as diverse wax
blends and emulsions summarizing how these waxes are produced and applied. The final chapter
looks at natural waxes and their technical importance in industry covering their production
properties and market situation. This only up-to-date reference on the topic is essential
reading in terms of the physical data as well as parameters and correlations combining all the
information necessary for the analysis and application of synthetic and natural wax compounds.
