Difference between revisions of "Bleached beeswax"

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Beeswax whose color has been lighten by exposure to light and air or with chemicals (Ozone, Hydrogen peroxide, chlorine, Potassium dichromate, Potassium permanganate, etc.). Bleached beeswax is usually more dense and brittle than unrefined wax.

"white beeswax; white wax; cera alba; cera de abejas blanqueada (Esp.); cera alba (Esp.); cire d'abeille blanche (Fr.); cera d'api decolorata (It) "

R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966

The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: C.Harley "Wax"

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

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 == Description ==
-Beeswax whose color has been lighten by exposure to light and air or with chemicals ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ozone ozone], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=hydrogen%20peroxide hydrogen peroxide], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20hypochlorite chlorine], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potassium%20dichromate potassium dichromate], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potassium%20permanganate potassium permanganate], etc.). Bleached beeswax is usually more dense and brittle than unrefined wax.
+Beeswax whose color has been lighten by exposure to light and air or with chemicals ([[ozone]], [[hydrogen peroxide]], [[calcium%20hypochlorite|chlorine]], [[potassium dichromate]], [[potassium permanganate]], etc.). Bleached beeswax is usually more dense and brittle than unrefined wax.
-See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=beeswax beeswax].
+See also [[beeswax]].
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