Studies on the Micro-paraffins. V. X-Ray Investigation of Various Paraffin Waxes

From the X-ray diffraction of n-dotriacontane, various paraffin waxes, micro-paraffin, and each fraction of micro-paraffin separated by the urea method and chromatography, the chain length and the spacings (110) and (200) of each crystal have been computed. Furthermore, the carbon number of the chain, the lengths of the a- and b-axes, the cross-sectional area occupied by one molecule, and the molecular volume have been calculated. They have been calculated on the assumption that thay were in normal crystal form, but in order to make it exact, it is necessary to work with a single crystal. The author would like to try further experiments.