\▐waks\ n [ME, fr. OE weax; akin to OHGr wax, Lithuanian vaškas] (before 12c) Any of various unctuous, viscous or solid heat-sensitive substances, consisting essentially of high molecular weight hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids (C16 to C30), characteristically insoluble in water but soluble in most organic solvents.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Wax. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_12736
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