Definition of Paraffen
Paraffin, name given by Baron Reichenbach to a transparent
crystalline substance obtained by distillation from wood, bituminous
coal, shale, &c., and so called because it resists the action of the
strongest acids and alkalies.
- Wikipedia
{ Par"af*fin (păr"ăf*f&ibreve;n),
Par"af*fine (?) }, n. [F. paraffine,
fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in
allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy
substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained
from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used
as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon
by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a
definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several
higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by
extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the
same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of
paraffins.
&fist; In the present chemical usage this word is spelt
paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelt
paraffine.
Native paraffin. See Ozocerite. -
- Paraffin series. See Methane series,
under Methane.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (British) kerosene
- (chemistry) any member of the alkane hydrocarbons
- paraffin wax
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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