Substance Name: Paraffin [JAN:NF]
RN: 8002-74-2
UNII: I9O0E3H2ZE
Notes
- A mixture of solid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. It has a wide range of uses including as a stiffening agent in ointments, as a lubricant, and as a topical anti-inflammatory. It is also commonly used as an embedding material in histology.
- TSCA Definition 2021: Paraffin wax (petroleum). Paraffin wax. A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum fractions (by solvent crystallization or the sweating process) or from the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide (the Fischer-Tropsch Process). It consists predominantly of straight chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C20.
Molecular Formula
- Unspecified
Classification Codes
Classification Codes
- Pharmaceutic Aid (Stiffening Agent)
- Skin / Eye Irritant
- TSCA UVCB
- Tumor Data
Superlist Classification Code
- TWA 2 mg/m3
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Names and Synonyms
Name of Substance
- Paraffin
- Paraffin [JAN:NF]
- Petroleum wax, crystalline
- Synthetic wax
- Waxes, paraffin
MeSH Heading
- Paraffin
Synonyms
- EC 232-315-6
- EINECS 232-315-6
- FEMA No. 3216
- Hard paraffin
- Hartparaffin
- Hydrocarbon wax
- Paraffin
- Paraffin wax
- Paraffin wax (petroleum)
- Paraffin waxes
- Paraffin waxes and hydrocarbon waxes
- Paraffin, hard
- Poly(methylene)wax
- Synthetic paraffin wax, Fischer-Tropsch
- UNII-I9O0E3H2ZE
- Wax extract
- Wax, hydrocarbon
- Wax, paraffin
- Zeresin
Systematic Names
- Paraffin
- Paraffin waxes and hydrocarbon waxes
Superlist Names
- Paraffin
- Paraffin wax
- Paraffin wax fume
- Paraffin waxes and hydrocarbon waxes
- Paraffin [Waxes]
Registry Numbers
CAS Registry Number
- 8002-74-2
FDA UNII
- I9O0E3H2ZE
Other Registry Numbers
- 105054-93-1
- 105845-08-7
- 115251-23-5
- 115251-24-6
- 12704-91-5
- 12704-92-6
- 12795-75-4
- 160936-34-5
- 37220-23-8
- 37339-80-3
- 39355-22-1
- 39373-78-9
- 401516-34-5
- 51331-35-2
- 54692-42-1
- 57572-43-7
- 57608-84-1
- 58057-11-7
- 68607-08-9
- 68649-50-3
- 70431-26-4
- 72993-88-5
- 72993-89-6
- 72993-90-9
- 8035-62-9
- 8044-02-8
- 8044-79-9
- 9083-41-4
System Generated Number
- 0008002742