Wax

:Wax is also the name of several bands, an American, a British, and a Korean one.

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Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees (beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs.

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In modern terms, wax is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to beeswax, namely

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• plastic (malleable) at normal ambient temperatures
• a melting point above approximately 45 ?C (which differentiates waxes from fats and oils)
• a relatively low viscosity when melted (unlike many plastics)
• insoluble in water
• hydrophobic

Waxes may be natural or artificial. In addition to beeswax, carnauba (a vegetable wax) and paraffin (a mineral wax) are commonly encountered waxes which occur naturally. Ear wax is a sticky substance found in the human ear. Some artificial materials that exhibit similar properties are also described as wax or waxy.

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Chemically, a wax may be an ester of ethylene glycol (ethan-1,2-diol) and two fatty acids, as opposed to a fat which is an ester of glycerin (propan-1,2,3-triol) and three fatty acids. It is a type of lipid.

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Wax: See also ►



 

Bee: Andrenidae...

Beeswax: Beeswax is a product from a bee hive. Beeswax is secreted by honeybees in the form of thin scales. The scales are produced by glands on the ventral surface of the abdomen. Worker bees have eight wax-producing glands on the inner sides of the sternites of abdominal segments 4 to 7. The size of th...

Honeycomb: A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. The term is also used for manmade materials that resemble it in appearance or structure....




Wax related Images and Photos (experimental)

Turtle Wax	House of Wax (2005) (BD)	House of Wax (1953) (DVD)	House of Wax (1953) (DVD)
American Hot Wax	American Hot Wax 1978	House of Wax (2005)	House of Wax
House of Wax (2005)	Wax Sculpture of a Disembowelled Woman	Wax Anatomical Sculpture of an Old Man's Head	Thirteen Ghosts /House of Wax (BD) (DBFE)