How is Soy Wax Produced?

• Posted by Mii Xin April 19, 2021 - Filed in Health - #Scented Soy Wax Candles  - 809 views

  Soy wax in scented soy wax candles refers to wax made from hydrogenated soybean oil. It is the main raw material for making craft candles, essential oils, and scented candles. Soy wax has the advantages: low price, the cup wax does not fall off the cup, and the column wax cooling speed is fast, easy to demould, no cracking, uniform pigment dispersion, no blooming. 30-50% longer than paraffin burning time. Non-toxic and environmentally friendly. No product carcinogens during combustion, and waste is biodegradable. It saves heat sources and is beneficial to operators Safe Production.

  Soybean oil will become waxy when exposed to the air for a long time. This is because the soybean oil is cross-linked. The long-chain fatty acids in soybean oil contain about 5 double bonds. The double bonds are exposed to the air and easily react with oxygen. , The formation of peroxide, the peroxide is unstable, and the chain is broken to form two oxygen-free radicals. Waxy, it becomes a paint film after a long time. This is the same as tung oil as a varnish. Tung oil contains more double bonds, so it is easier to crosslink and cure. Usually, a layer of tung oil is brushed on the wood, and the group is It becomes a transparent paint film and cures faster at high temperatures. This is the reason why some vegetable oils can be used as paints. Because of the lower double bond content, soybean oil cures slower than tung oil, but it can be cured after a long time.

  Soybean oil is generally processed by a variety of methods such as pressing and leaching to obtain crude oil with more impurities and then refined to obtain edible refined oil. The pressing method is divided into two types: ordinary pressing and screw pressing. The method is a method of applying pressure on soybeans. This method is not used much, especially in industrial large-scale production...

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