Description
A hard, mineral wax obtained from lignite and peat. Montan wax was first produced in northern Bohemia (Czech Republic). The brown coals of Oklahoma and Texas also contain as much as 13% montan wax. Though the crude product is dark brown, the wax, after purification with solvent extractions, is white. It contains esters of montanic acid (C27H55COOH). Montan wax has been used as a substitute for carnauba and beeswax. It is used in shoe and furniture polishes, phonograph records, roofing paints, waterproof coatings, adhesive pastes, paper sizing, candles, carbon papers, and suncrack prevention in rubbers.
Synonyms and Related Terms
cera montana (Esp.); cera montana (It); lignite wax; peat wax
Other Properties
Soluble in carbon tetrachloride, benzene and chloroform. Insoluble in water.
Saponification number = 74-127 Acid number = 30-70 Iodine number = 16-20
Hazards and Safety
Combustible.
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Materials Handbook, G.S. Brady, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971
comments: p. 568
The Merck Index, 10th edition, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 1983
comments: entry 6338
R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
John S. Mills, Raymond White, The Organic Chemistry of Museum Objects, 2nd ed., Butterworth Heineman, London, 1994
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com
comments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montan_wax (Accessed Feb. 10, 2006)
Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, v. 61, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1980
comments: (Refined) melting point=77-84C, density=1.010-1.030, iodine value=10-14, acid value=24-43, saponification value=72-103
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 10th ed., Richard S. Lewis, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1993
Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Random House, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
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