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ozokerite (ozokerite) (mineral wax, <wax by composition or origin>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Light yellow to dark brown waxy mixture of paraffinic hydrocarbons found in rocks in Utah, Galicia, Australia, and Romania near the Caspian Sea. It is used as a substitute for beeswax and carnauba wax in polishes, candles, printing inks, crayons, sealing waxes, phonograph records, and insulation. It is also used for leather polish, lithographic and printing inks, carbon paper, floor polishes, waxed paper, and textile sizing. For ozorite that has been purified by boiling and alkali treatments, use "ceresin."
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| ozokerite (ozokerite) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
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| ozocerite (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| ozocerite (Italian-P,D,U,U)
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| earth wax (type of mineral wax) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| aardwas (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| ozokeriet (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| ozoquerita (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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| ozocérit (C,U,French-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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Materials Facet |
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.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ materials (substances) (G) |
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............ <materials by composition> (G) |
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................ organic material (G) |
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.................... wax (G) |
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........................ <wax by composition or origin> (G) |
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............................ mineral wax (G) |
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................................ ozokerite (ozokerite) (G) |
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| Dutch ..... Een minerale was die voorkomt in de nabijheid van aardoliereservoirs. Het is een ruwe, donkere was waaruit ceresine wordt geraffineerd. |
| Spanish ..... Cera mineral que se produce cerca de los depósitos de petróleo. Es la cera cruda y oscura a partir de la cual se refina la ceresina. |
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