of, noting, or characteristic of paraffin wax or a paraffin hydrocarbon
Word origin
[1890–95; paraffin + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, blip, phoneme, takedown, wireless-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'paraffinic' in a sentence
paraffinic
A mixture of paraffinic types of oils was used as the substrate.
TATJANA ŠOLEVIĆ, MILAN NOVAKOVIĆ, MILA ILIĆ, MALIŠA ANTIĆ, MIROSLAV M. VRVIĆ, BRANIMIRJOVANČIĆEVIĆ 2011, 'Investigation of the bioremediation potential of aerobic zymogenous microorganismsin soil for crude oil biodegradation', Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.rs/JSCS/Vol76/No3/11_4789_4130.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All the results obtained were compared to hydraulic oil and paraffinic mineral oil.
N. Sapawe, S. Syahrullail, M.I. Izhan 2014, 'Evaluation on the tribological properties of palm olein in different loads appliedusing pin-on-disk tribotester', Jurnal Tribologihttp://jurnaltribologi.mytribos.org/v3/JTrib-3-11-29.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hydrogen as a reactive carrier gas increased the condensed and paraffinic product yield.
Mehrdad Seifali Abbas-Abadi, Mehdi Nekoomanesh Haghighi, Armando G. McDonald, HamidYeganeh 2015, 'Estimation of pyrolysis product of LDPE degradation using different process parametersin a stirred reactor', Polyolefins Journalhttp://poj.ippi.ac.ir/article_1102_8e1b3f7bdd90d0ebfd7b1f5254dec21d.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was found that microorganisms can break down paraffinic and aromatic petroleum hydrocarbons.
Maira Kazankapova, N. Toleukhanova, Mikhail Nauryzbayev 2013, 'Purification of soil contaminated by oil with microorganisms', Chemical Bulletin of Kazakh National Universityhttp://bulletin.chemistry.kz/index.php/kaznu/article/view/4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
According to these parameters, the inserted surfactants may be arranged in monolayer, paraffinic or admicelles structures.
Ismail Ltifi, Fadhila Ayari, Dalila Ben Hassen Chehimi, Malika Trabelsi Ayadi 2018, 'Physicochemical characteristics of organophilic clays prepared using two organo-modifiers:alkylammonium cation arrangement models', Applied Water Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-018-0732-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In semi-field experiments, deposits of 1% of rapeseed, mineral and paraffinic oil significantly reduced oviposition for up to 3 days.
Claudia Daniel 2014, 'Rhagoletis cerasi: Oviposition Reduction Effects of Oil Products', Insectshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/5/2/319. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)