INCI name

• SYNTHETIC WAX,

Alternative names

• Paraffin, synthetisch,

Origin

• synthetic,

Definition

• Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes. A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum fractions by solvent crystallization (solvent deoiling) or by the sweating process. It consists predominantly of straight chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C20,

INCI function

• antistatic,
• binding,
• emollient,
• emulsion stabilising,
• viscosity regulating,

Substance category

• Mineral oils,

Characteristics

CAS-No.

• 8002-74-2,

EINECS/EILINCS-No.

• 232-315-6,