Masters Theses
Abstract
"The determination of the mean molecular weight of oils and paraffin waxes may have significance as: (1) an important property from a purely research point of view; (2) a step towards structure determination; (3) a study of molecular association with viscosity, making possible the application of well established viscosity binary mixture formulas to oil blends and oil and paraffin wax blends; (4) an aid in the calculations of latent heats for refinery engineering purposes (see A.A. Ashworth's applications of this property); (5) a possible means for identifying bitumens of unknown origin, and determining the approximate proportion of each type in blends; (6) as a means of giving application of Raoult's law for comparison of experimentally determined vapor pressures of oils to the calculated values. It was with this view of studying viscosity effects of paraffin wax upon lubricating oils and to approximate the probable number of carbon atoms in various melting point paraffin waxes, that this investigation was undertaken"--Introduction, page [1].
Advisor(s)
Dunlap, Howard Leroy
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s)
Kendall Oil Company (Bradford, Pa.)
Shell Oil Company
Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
Texaco Salt Products Company (Tulsa, Okla.)
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1934
Pagination
iii, 64 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-43).
Rights
© 1934 Charles Leo William Hunze, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Lubricating oils -- Viscosity
Paraffin wax
Thesis Number
T 632
Print OCLC #
5964354
Electronic OCLC #
663903012
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Hunze, Charles Leo William, "A study of the effects of paraffin wax upon the viscosities of lubricating oils" (1934). Masters Theses. 4817.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/4817