Paraffin wax 52-54 °C

Paraffin wax is a white or colourless soft solid derivable from petroleum, coal or oil shale, that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between twenty and forty carbon atoms.

P 1313 (OTTO) Paraffin wax 52-54° C Cas 8002-74-2 - used to impregnate tissue prior to sectioning thin samples of tissue.