Introduction

Oil is simply fat with unsaturated fatty acid chains, and is found in liquid form at room temperature. Waxes are very much like fats or oil, except that they are malleable in normal conditions, and have only single long-chain fatty acid, attached to a long-chain alcohol group Oil and wax are used in numerous industrial applications for their lubricating, protective, and insulating properties. Oil is a primary feedstock for the petrochemical industry, while waxes, including natural, petroleum-based, and synthetic types, serve as additives and coatings.