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[[File:1_BayberryWax.jpg|thumb|Bayberry Wax]] | [[File:1_BayberryWax.jpg|thumb|Bayberry Wax]] | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | + | [[File:Mceriferaberries.jpg|thumb|Wax covered berries from Myrica cerifera tree]] | |
| − | A greenish-white vegetable wax that covers the berries of small myrtle bushes, such as ''Myrica cerifera'', native to America, Europe, and Africa. Bayberry wax, or myrtle wax, is collected by boiling the berries in water. It contains myristic acid (58%), [[palmitic acid]] (36%) and [[oleic acid]] (1.3%). Bayberry wax is used for soapmaking, candlemaking, and buffing metals. It has a balsam-like odor and has been used as a natural insect repellent. | + | A greenish-white vegetable wax that covers the berries of small myrtle bushes, such as ''Myrica cerifera'', native to America, Europe, and Africa. Bayberry wax, or myrtle wax, is collected by boiling the berries in water. It contains myristic acid (58%), [[palmitic acid]] (36%) and [[oleic acid]] (1.3%). Bayberry wax is used for soapmaking, candlemaking, and buffing metals. It has a balsam-like odor and has been used as a natural insect repellent. The tannins from the bark extracts were used medicinally. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | + | myrtle wax (''Myrica cerifera; Morella cerifera''); cera del árbol de la cera (Esp.); sweet gale (''Myrica gale''); candleberry wax (''Myrica pensylvanica''); capeberry wax (''Myrica cordifolia''); laurel wax; ocuba wax; bayberry tallow; vegetable tallow; wax myrtle; wax-myrtle; southern wax myrtle | |
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| − | [[File: | + | [[File:06 Bayberry bark_detail_Ext.jpg|thumb|Bayberry bark - exterior detail]] |
| − | + | [[File:06 Bayberry bark_detail_Int.jpg|thumb|Bayberry bark - interior detail]] | |
| − | + | == Physical and Chemical Properties == | |
| − | + | * Iodine value = 2.9-3.9 | |
| − | + | * Acid value = 3.5 | |
| − | + | * Saponification value = 205-217 | |
| − | + | * Melting Point = 40-49 C | |
| − | + | * Density = 0.977-0.995 g/ml | |
| − | + | * Refractive Index = 1.436 | |
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== Comparisons == | == Comparisons == | ||
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 844; melting point = 40-46C, specific gravity = 0.995, saponification value = 205-212, contains 58% myristic acid, 36% palmitic acid and 1.3% oleic acid. | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 844; melting point = 40-46C, specific gravity = 0.995, saponification value = 205-212, contains 58% myristic acid, 36% palmitic acid and 1.3% oleic acid. | ||
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* ''A History of Technology'', Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall (eds.), Clarendon Press, Oxford, Volume 1: From Early times to Fall of Ancient Empires, 1954 | * ''A History of Technology'', Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall (eds.), Clarendon Press, Oxford, Volume 1: From Early times to Fall of Ancient Empires, 1954 | ||
| − | * Wikipedia | + | * Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayberry (Accessed Dec. 9, 2005) gives mp=45C, acid number=15, saponification value=220, iodine number=6 |
* ''CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics'', Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: melting point=46.7-48.8C, density=0.985, ref. index=1.436, iodine value=2.9-3.9, acid value=3.5, saponification value=205-217 | * ''CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics'', Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: melting point=46.7-48.8C, density=0.985, ref. index=1.436, iodine value=2.9-3.9, acid value=3.5, saponification value=205-217 | ||
Latest revision as of 10:57, 2 May 2022
Description
A greenish-white vegetable wax that covers the berries of small myrtle bushes, such as Myrica cerifera, native to America, Europe, and Africa. Bayberry wax, or myrtle wax, is collected by boiling the berries in water. It contains myristic acid (58%), Palmitic acid (36%) and Oleic acid (1.3%). Bayberry wax is used for soapmaking, candlemaking, and buffing metals. It has a balsam-like odor and has been used as a natural insect repellent. The tannins from the bark extracts were used medicinally.
Synonyms and Related Terms
myrtle wax (Myrica cerifera; Morella cerifera); cera del árbol de la cera (Esp.); sweet gale (Myrica gale); candleberry wax (Myrica pensylvanica); capeberry wax (Myrica cordifolia); laurel wax; ocuba wax; bayberry tallow; vegetable tallow; wax myrtle; wax-myrtle; southern wax myrtle
Physical and Chemical Properties
- Iodine value = 2.9-3.9
- Acid value = 3.5
- Saponification value = 205-217
- Melting Point = 40-49 C
- Density = 0.977-0.995 g/ml
- Refractive Index = 1.436
Comparisons
Resources and Citations
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 844; melting point = 40-46C, specific gravity = 0.995, saponification value = 205-212, contains 58% myristic acid, 36% palmitic acid and 1.3% oleic acid.
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- A History of Technology, Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall (eds.), Clarendon Press, Oxford, Volume 1: From Early times to Fall of Ancient Empires, 1954
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayberry (Accessed Dec. 9, 2005) gives mp=45C, acid number=15, saponification value=220, iodine number=6
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: melting point=46.7-48.8C, density=0.985, ref. index=1.436, iodine value=2.9-3.9, acid value=3.5, saponification value=205-217
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998