Slack wax is one of the by-products of the oil refining process, which has many applications in industry. As you may know, oil refining is a procedure that will result in producing lots of petrochemicals.

Slack Wax is a raw refinery output that is a precursor of PARAFFIN WAX and scale wax. It is mostly used as a primary substance for methods that produce different grades of paraffin.

The slack Wax specification is somehow the same among its various grades. It is naturally brown in color and has a high viscosity.

Slack wax grades

According to the refinery process of this product, Slack wax is categorized into two types: Heavy and Light. Light Slack Wax is mainly used to produce fully-refined paraffin wax.

In other words, it is a by-product of the refining lubricating oils. As an introduction to this product, we can say that slack wax is a raw material of paraffin wax. It is defined as a mixture of oil and wax. Slack wax is yellow or brown, and its grading is based on the melting point.

Types with a melting point of 50 to 52 c are subjected to Light grades, and those with a melting point of 53 to 55c are under the title of Heavy grades. As mentioned above, slack wax has been combined with a portion of oil content ranges from 5 to 30. There is an inverse relationship between the portion of the oil content and the price of this product. The higher oil content results in the less price of the slack wax. 10% and 30% oil content, are suitable for cold regions such as Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine.

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