Extraction Of Wax From Cocoa Pod

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONThe word wax describes a large variety of substances of plant and animal origin, as well as man made products which are mostly petroleum derivatives.However, natural waxes are not single substances, but a mixture of various of long-chain fatty acids and a variety of other constituents, depending on their origin.Each wax therefore has unique physical and chemical characteristics which are exploited in a multitude of applications.The increasing important of raw materials together with the complexity of modern technology for their production, processing, collection, distrib…