paraffin
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Paraffin is a collective name for numerous substances of modern chemistry, which are attributable to the alkanes and thus the hydrocarbons. Although there are great differences in the extraction of paraffin, and these are the results of numerous chemical reactions, characteristics are common to all paraffins. These are always odorless and tasteless, non-toxic and flammable. These properties have been used as a practical substitute for beeswax in the manufacture of candles. The majority of today's industrially produced candles are now made of paraffin, which is in the middle of which there is a wick. Paraffins are thus optimally suitable for the production of scented candles, since natural aromas are mixed in early in the process of making candles, which are released slowly after lighting. Depending on the type of paraffin and the addition of other additives, which manifests itself by a more or less liquid character of this wax substitute. This is especially important for the application in the church environment or cemeteries at low flame.
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