White beeswax is produced by bleaching the constituent pigments of yellow beeswax with peroxides, or preferably it is
bleached by sunlight. It has a faint characteristic odor, free from rancidity
物理的性質
It is a yellowish-white solid, somewhat translucent in thin layers. White beeswax is insoluble in water
and sparingly soluble in cold alcohol. Boiling alcohol dissolves cerotic acid and part of the myricin, which are constituents of the wax
使用
beeswax (white) is regular beeswax that has been bleached. unbleached beeswax is yellow.
定義
Wax from the honeycomb of the bee. Beeswax consists largely of myricyl palmitate, cerotic acid and esters, and some high-carbon paraffins.
