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What are waxes?

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WAX ARE SOLID HYDROCARBON. THE ALKANE FAMILY . THE FORMULA IS CnH2n+2. C IN THE FORMULA REPRESENTS CARBON AND n REPRESENTS NUMBER OF CARBON. H REPRESENTS HYDROGEN. FROM METHANE TO BUTANE ARE IN GAS FORM. FROM PENTANE TO HEPTANE ARE LIQUID FORM. (AT ROOM TEMPRASURE) BUT FROM OCTANE DOWN THE SERIES ARE WAX . THE SOLUBILITY REDUCES DOWN THE GROUP . WHILE IT DENSITIES INCREASE.

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