Gbhunter Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Penetration: 10Color Saybolt: +30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Penetration is a measure of the hardness of the wax using ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) method D1321. It's based on how far a needle penetrates into the material using a given amount of force. The lower the number, the harder the wax. 10 is on the harder side of average for the waxes that we typically see. It may indicate a fairly normal, narrow-cut paraffin.Saybolt color is another test method (ASTM D6045) that determines how far the color deviates from colorless. +30 is virtually colorless or white. Fully-refined paraffins usually have that value or close to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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