Is paraffin wax bad for the body and is paraffin oil bad for people?

Paraffin wax is harmless to humans. The latent heat of paraffin phase change is high, there is almost no supercooling, the vapor pressure is low during melting, it is not easy to undergo chemical reaction and has good chemical stability, the change of phase change temperature and latent heat of phase change is very small after multiple heat absorption and release, self-nucleation, no phase separation and corrosiveness.

Paraffin is a mixture of hydrocarbons extracted from certain distillates of petroleum, shale oil or other bituminous mineral oils, the main component of which is solid alkanes, odorless and tasteless, white or light yellow translucent solids. Paraffin wax is amorphous but has a distinct crystalline structure. There is also artificial paraffin.

One of the petroleum processing products, is a type of mineral wax, and it is also a type of petroleum wax. It is a sheet or needle-like crystal obtained from the lubricating oil fraction obtained from ** distillation by solvent refining, solvent dewaxing or wax freezing crystallization, pressing and dewaxing to obtain wax paste, and then solvent deoiling and refining. It is used to make high-grade fatty acids, high-grade alcohols, matches, candles, waterproofing agents, ointments, electrical insulating materials, etc.

When paraffin wax is heated and melted, paraffin vapor is produced.

Paraffin wax industrial grade is harmful to human health, and food grade is non-toxic.

Paraffin wax is divided into food grade (food grade and packaging grade, the former is preferred) and industrial grade, food grade is non-toxic, and industrial grade is inedible.

Paraffin vapor is a gas formed by paraffin wax melting and revaporizing when heated, which is colorless and can ignite. Candles are generally made of paraffin wax (C22H46), when the cotton wick is lit, the paraffin wax is heated and melted, and the "steam" is evaporated, and the flame of the candle is the steam of the paraffin wax burning.

Liquid paraffin oil is non-toxic and does not cause much damage to the human body when used externally. Direct contact has no effect on the body, liquid paraffin is not digested in the intestine, the absorption is very small, it lubricates the intestinal wall and feces, and can prevent the absorption of intestinal water, soften the stool, make it easy to discharge, and is used as a laxative. Liquid paraffin wax is divided into crude paraffin oil and refined paraffin oil according to purity.

<> paraffin volatile odor is harmful to the human body, paraffin wax is easy to melt, the density is less than that of water, and it is difficult to dissolve in water. It melts into a liquid state when heated, colorless and transparent, and is slightly volatile when heated, and can smell the unique smell of paraffin, so it should not be smelled more. When cold, it solidifies into a white solid form with a slight odor.

Paraffin wax is a candle made from the wax-containing fraction of petroleum by cold pressing or solvent dewaxing, which is a mixture of several higher alkanes, mainly n-docadene (C22H46) and n-octadecane (C28H58), containing about 85% of carbon and about 14% of hydrogen. The added excipients are white oil, stearic acid, polyethylene, flavor, etc.

Paraffin wax produces a lot of toxic substances during the combustion process, which can cause damage to people's respiratory tract and lungs. The main ingredient of the candle is paraffin, as long as you have smelled the smell of the candle, you can also feel that the smoke smell is relatively pungent and uncomfortable. Therefore, the harm of paraffin smoke will harm many organs of the human body, and there is a certain degree of damage to people's throat, lungs and heart, which can cause pneumonia and heart disease.

Regarding the hazards of paraffin smoke, experts said that paraffin wax contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fused aromatic hydrocarbons, two dangerous substances, which will cause cancer if people are exposed to too many of them. In addition, for the harm of paraffin smoke, when the human body absorbs the substances produced by paraffin smoke, it will also have a certain impact on everyone's gastrointestinal function, which may lead to gastrointestinal disorders, and will affect people's mental state. Therefore, the harm of paraffin smoke should not be underestimated.

After knowing the dangers of paraffin smoke, everyone usually tries to avoid contact with such items. In addition, when the paraffin wax is burned, everyone should not approach the smoke generated, so as not to inhale too much into the body, which will cause great safety hazards to our body. If you are exposed to these cigarettes for a long time, when you feel unwell, try to go to a regular institution to check your body in time, so as not to delay the time of the illness when the body is pathic.