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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2020
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Andries Hendrik Janssen, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerrit Leendert Bezemer, Amsterdam, NL;
Edward Julius Creyghton, Amsterdam, NL;
Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist, Amsterdam, NL;
Pim Lohmeijer, Eindhoven, NL;
Christina Georgieva Christova-Zdravkova, Eindhoven, NL;
SHELL USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a microcrystalline wax having a needle penetration according to ASTM D-1321 at 25° C. of more than 1, a crystallinity according to XRD between 5 and 70%, an initial boiling point of less than 500° C., a congealing point in the range of from 60 to 120° C., an oil content according to ASTM D-721 of more than 2 wt. %, wherein the microcrystalline wax has a fraction up to C40 having at least 5 wt % of multiple methyl-branched paraffins as determined with GC×GC.