Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company

Elizabeth A Turner

Frank C Wang

Sarvesh K Agrawal

Alan Gary Blahey

Sara L Yohe

Larry E Hoch

Federica Portoghese

Joseph Chan

Wax compositions are provided with improved properties for candles and candle jars. The candle wax composition includes a major amount of a foots oil and minor amount of a 600N slack wax. In one form, the foots oil is a 150N foots oil that is included in the composition at from 70 to 80 weight % of the composition and the 600N slack wax is included in the composition at from 20 to 30 wt % of the composition. The candle wax composition provides substantially no oil bleed and a smooth surface appearance with improved burning properties in terms of soot production, wax consumption, melt pool depth and flame height.

Candle wax composition and method of making

An apparatus for determining the congealing point of a wax-containing sample, the sample placed within a sample flask. The apparatus includes a motor having a rotatable shaft extending horizontally therefrom; clamp for mounting the sample flask thereto, the clamp operatively connected to the rotatable shaft; and a temperature sensor for determining sample temperature over time. A method for determining the congealing point of a wax-containing sample is also provided.

Apparatus for determining the congealing point of a petroleum wax sample and methods therefor

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Sarnia, Canada

Elizabeth A Turner