Paraffin
A light-colored, wax-free oil obtained by pressing paraffin distillate.
The wax removed from paraffin distillates by chilling and pressing. When separating from solutions, it is a colorless, more or less translucent, crystalline mass, without odor and taste, slightly greasy to touch, and consisting of a mixture of solid hydrocarbons in which the paraffin series predominates.
UK name for a premium kerosine. used in lamps and space heaters.
