The composition, structure and properties of No.52 F-T wax and four kinds of No.52 petroleum wax were investigated by the use of Gas Chromatography (GC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)and other characterization methods. The results show that the five waxes are mainly composed of long-chain alkanes, and in compared with petroleum waxes, the F-T wax has narrow carbon number distribution, highn-alkane component content,high saybolt color value,low iso-alkane component content ,low needle penetrationvalue, and low oil content. At room temperature, both F-T and the petroleumwaxeshave the orthorhombic crystal structure. F-T wax has similar DSC as petroleum wax with respect to a weak solid-solid phase transition peak and a strong solid-liquid phase transition peak. According to the results of the polarized microscope, the oblique square sheet-shaped crystals are arranged closely. In the process of cooling, the radial size of the sheet wax crystal gradually increases, and the wax crystal will continue to form a large solid crystal group, thus forming a three-dimensional spatial network structure. It indicates the high content of n-alkanes in the wax of No.52, which is consistent with the GC results.The No.52 F-T wax is better than petroleum wax in terms of physical pr- operties and chemical composition, and is similar to petroleum wax with respect to crystal structure and thermal properties.The No.52 F-T wax can be used as petroleum wax. The low-toxicity special extraction agent developed by NICE can realize the production of No.48-54 fully refined paraffin wax in the aromatics-free system, which is expected to replace the traditional solvent.
China Coal Science and Industry Group Co., Ltd
Coal Science Research Institute Co., Ltd
Coal Industry Clean Coal Engineering
Technology Research Center
XIE Qiang
YU Chang
SHI Yixiang
ZHAO Yongchun
DUAN Linbo
CAO Jingpei
ZENG Jie
Monthly
1006-6772
11-3676/TD