Fischer-Tropsch-Waxes

This process yields straight-chain products possessing low viscosity in the melt and having molecular weights of between 500 and 1,000 g/mol.

The definition of the term ›wax‹ is based less on the chemical composition of a substance than on its physical properties:

• kneadable at 20 °C, with a consistency ranging from solid to brittle-hard

• coarsely to finely crystalline, translucent to opaque

• melt above 40 °C without decomposition

• already of relatively low viscosity at just above the melting point 

• highly temperature-dependent consistency and solubility

• can be polished under gentle pressure

In addition to crude FT-wax, the range of VESTOWAX® products includes modified hard paraffins and oxidates. Depending on the supply form different bags sizes are offered: Prills usually in 25 kg bags or 700 kg big bags, pellets, flakes and coarse powder usually in 20 kg bags, microfine powder usually in 15 kg bags.