How are candles produced?

1, the main raw material of candles is paraffin, paraffin is made from the wax fraction of petroleum by cold pressing or solvent dewaxing. Paraffin is a mixture of several high-level alkanes, mainly n-twenty-two alkanes (C22H46) and n-twenty-eight alkanes (C28H58), containing about 85% of the carbon element, containing about 14% of the hydrogen element. Added accessories are white oil, stearic acid, polyethylene, flavor, etc., of which the stearic acid is mainly used to improve the softness, the specific additions depend on the production of what kinds of candles.

2, easy to melt, density less than water, difficult to dissolve in water. Heat melting liquid, colorless and transparent and slightly volatile by heat, can smell paraffin unique odor. When cold, solidified as a white solid, with a slight special odor.

3. At present, the types of wax are mainly divided into four kinds, in addition to the traditional animal wax (beeswax, insect wax, cetaceous wax), plant wax (wood wax, prunus wax, carnauba wax, etc.) and mineral wax (lignite wax, paraffin wax), and more synthetic wax as a new wax resource.