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n. - A white wax extracted from ozokerite.

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  • The best developed are those obtained from ceresine.
  • Ozokerite or ceresine differs but slightly from paraffine, the principal distinction being want of crystalline structure in it as found.
  • Melt the ceresine and wax together, and cool off partly, and then add and stir in the graphite and lampblack which were previously mixed up with the turpentine.
  • "From mineral wax of good quality about 70 per cent. of white ceresine is obtained.
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