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NATURALLY OCCURRING PARAFFIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
CONT

... ozocerite ... is a native paraffin.

CONT

Ozokerite or ozocerite ... is a naturally-occurring odoriferous mineral wax or paraffin found in many localities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
CONT

Les bitumes solides se rapportent à deux types: a) des produits d'oxydation de bitumes liquides, les asphaltes ou oxybitumes, et les asphaltites, peu solubles, à haut poids moléculaire; b) les paraffines naturelles.

CONT

En Galicie, de gros mammifères ont été momifiés dans une paraffine naturelle : l'ozocérite.

Spanish

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