Sasol Wax Gmbh

Sasol Wax International Ag

Helmuth Schulze-Trautmann

Michael Matthäi

Thorsten Butz

Günter Hildebrand

Microcrystalline paraffin having a consistency in a rage of paste-like to solid, prepared by catalytic hydroisomerization of FT paraffins having a carbon chain length distribution in a range of 20 to 105 at temperatures above 200&#xb0; C., and being free of aromatic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, and naphthenes.

Microcrystalline paraffin, method for producing microcrystalline paraffins, and use of the microcrystalline paraffins

The invention relates to a novel and completely synthetic microcrystalline paraffin, said paraffin being obtained in a simple manner and with a high yield by the catalytic hydromerisation of paraffin FT comprising 20 to 105 carbon atoms. Said paraffins can be pasty to solid at room temperature and have a higher percentage of iso-paraffins than n-paraffins. Since they do not contain aromatic compounds they are particularly suitable for use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.

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Hamburg, Germany

Helmuth Schulze-Trautmann