E903, Carnauba Wax, Palm Wax, Ceara Wax, Copernicia Cerifera Wax, Brazil Wax, 8015-86-9

E903, Carnauba Wax, Palm Wax, Ceara Wax, Copernicia Cerifera Wax, Brazil Wax, 8015-86-9

🌿 Carnauba Wax Quality Grades

Carnauba wax is classified into different grades based on purity, color, and leaf origin. These grades determine its suitability for various industrial and commercial applications.

🇧🇷 Brazilian Traditional Grades

These grades are determined during the extraction process and are widely used in Brazilian export documentation.

🧪 Refinement-Based Grades (U.S. Classification)

These classifications are often used in international trade and ERP systems for quality control and compliance.

📦 Cataloging Recommendations

For your workflow:

• Include “Grade” field in product metadata

• Match leaf origin and refinement level in supplier documents

• Filter by application suitability in ERP modules (e.g., food vs. industrial)

🧪 Carnauba Wax Quality Grades: T1, T3, T4

Carnauba wax is classified into three main grades—T1, T3, and T4—based on purity, color, filtration level, and intended application. These grades are internationally recognized and directly affect product performance and regulatory compliance.

🔹 T1 Grade (Type 1) – Premium Quality

• Purity: Highest (≥98%)

• Color: Pale yellow to light yellow

• Processing: Extensive filtration, bleaching, and discoloration

• Form: Brittle flakes with low odor

• Applications:

  • Cosmetics (lipsticks, mascaras, creams)

  • Pharmaceuticals (tablet coatings)

  • Food industry (E903 additive)

• Properties:

  • High gloss

  • Hypoallergenic

  • High melting point (82–86 °C)

• ERP Note: Flag as “Food/Cosmetic Grade”; requires full COA and allergen declaration

🔹 T3 Grade (Type 3) – Industrial Grade

• Purity: Medium (≈90–95%)

• Color: Yellow to brownish-yellow

• Processing: Moderate filtration and discoloration

• Form: Hard flakes, slightly more aromatic

• Applications:

  • Furniture polish

  • Leather waterproofing

  • Wood finishes

• Properties:

  • Good hardness and gloss

  • Slightly more impurities

🔹 T4 Grade (Type 4) – Technical Grade

• Purity: Lowest (≤90%)

• Color: Dark brown to gray

• Processing: Basic filtration, no bleaching

• Form: Dense flakes, stronger odor

• Applications:

  • Automotive waxes

  • Industrial coatings

  • Mold release agents

• Properties:

  • High hardness, low gloss

  • May contain natural residues

• ERP Note: Flag as “Non-Food Grade”; requires usage restriction notes

🧾 Common Trade Names & Synonyms

🌿 Botanical & Scientific Identifiers

• CAS Number: 8015-86-9

• INCI Name (Cosmetics): Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax

• HS Code (Customs): 1521.90.90 (varies by country)

🧪 Related Wax Types (Not identical, but often grouped)

📦 Cataloging & Workflow Integration Tips

To align with your zero-tolerance policy on sector mixing and document gaps:

• CAS Validation: Always use CAS 8015-86-9 for all grades

• Grade Field: Include “Grade” as a mandatory field in product metadata

• Supplier Docs: Require grade-specific COA, MSDS, and filtration method

• ERP Filters: Segment by grade for application-specific modules (e.g., food vs. industrial)

• Meta Tags: Use grade and application keywords for SEO and internal search

1. Product Description:

• Product Name: Carnauba Wax

• Chemical Formula: C₃₀H₆₂O₂

• CAS Number: 8015-86-9

• Appearance: Hard yellow-brown flakes

• Molecular Weight: Approximately 450 g/mol

• Melting Point: 82-86°C

• Boiling Point: Not applicable (decomposes)

• Density: 0.97 g/cm³

• Solubility: Insoluble in water; soluble in hot ethanol and chloroform

2. Product CAS No:

• CAS Number: 8015-86-9

3. Physical and Chemical Properties:

• Physical Properties:

  • Appearance: Hard yellow-brown flakes

  • Melting Point: 82-86°C

  • Density: 0.97 g/cm³

  • Solubility: Insoluble in water; soluble in hot ethanol and chloroform

• Chemical Properties:

  • Chemical Formula: C₃₀H₆₂O₂

  • Reactivity: Generally chemically inert and stable under normal conditions

  • pH Stability: Stable over a wide pH range

4. Uses:

• Automotive Industry: Used in car waxes and polishes to provide a glossy finish and protect the paint.

• Food Industry: Used as a coating for candies and pills to give them a shiny appearance (E number E903).

• Cosmetics: Used in lipsticks, eyeliners, mascaras, and other cosmetic products for its thickening and glossy properties.

• Furniture and Floor Polishes: Provides a durable and high-gloss finish.

• Pharmaceutical Industry: Used as a coating for tablets to make them easier to swallow.

• Musical Instruments: Used in polishes for musical instruments to enhance their appearance and protect the surface.

5. Other Names:

• Brazil Wax

• Palm Wax

• Ceara Wax

• Copernicia Cerifera Wax

6. Common Name:

• Carnauba Wax

🧪 Carnauba Wax vs Palm Wax – Technical & ERP Comparison

🔧 Recommended ERP Alias Matrix

🧪 Comprehensive Wax & Oil Types – Sectoral Suitability Table

🟩 = Suitable | 🟨 = Limited Use | ⛔ = Not Suitable

Physico-chemical Properties

Risk and Safety

Standard

This line extracts the purified wax from the leaves of CopermWa cerz'/mz Mart.

Trait

• This product is light yellow or yellow powder, flakes or lumps.

• This product is soluble in hot xylene, soluble in hot ethyl acetate, almost insoluble in water or ethanol.melting point

The melting point of this product (General rule 0612 second method) should be 80 ~ 86C.

acid value

Take about 5g of this product, accurately weigh it, put it in a 250ml Erlenmeyer flask, add 100ml of xylene, heat it to completely dissolve, add 50ml of ethanol and bromothymol blue indicator solution 2. 5ml, heated to clarify, while hot with ethanol potassium hydroxide titration solution (O .lm o l/L) drop to the solution is green, and the titration result is corrected with blank test. The acid value (General rule 0713) should be 2 to 7.

saponification value

Take about 3g of this product, weigh it accurately, put it in a 500ml Erlenmeyer flask, add 50ml of isopropanol-toluene (5: 4) mixture, and add 0 .5M o l/L potassium hydroxide ethanol solution 15ml, heated reflux for 3 hours, add phenolphthalein indicator liquid lm l, while hot with hydrochloric acid titration solution (0 .5M o l/L) titration, until the solution is pink and fades, heat to boiling, if the solution is pink again, then titrate to pink and fades, the results of the titration were corrected by a blank test. Saponification value (General rule 0713) should be 78~95.

iodine value

Take about 1.8g of this product, weigh it accurately, put it in a 500ml dry iodine bottle, add 30ml of chloroform, heat and dissolve it in a water bath at 80°C IX, determination according to law (General rule 0713), iodine value should be 5~14.

Introduction

There's a pleasant smell. Soluble in ether, boiling ethanol and alkali, slightly soluble in 25 ℃ grease solvent, insoluble in water. Acid number 2-9. Iodine value 13.5. Saponification value 78-89.

Differential diagnosis

Take this product about O . l g, 5ml of trimethyl methane was added and dissolved by heating, which was used as the test solution (taking advantage of the hot spot sample, about 10 mg of menthol, 10 mg of thymol and 10 ml of Menthyl acetate were separately taken, and placed in the same 20ml measuring flask, add toluene to dilute to the scale, shake, as a control solution. According to the thin layer chromatography (General 0502) test, draw the Test Solution 6 ^ 1 and the reference solution 2 ^ 1, and point on the same silica gel G thin layer plate respectively, with ethyl acetate • ■ three gas methane (2 > 98) as the developing solvent, expand, take out, dry, spray with a new 20% phosphomolybdic acid ethanol solution at 105t: heat for 10-15 minutes until the spots are clear. The control solution showed spots from low to high followed by dark blue menthol, red thymol and dark blue Menthyl acetate. The test solution should show a large spot (thirty alkanes) between the corresponding positions of menthol and luteolin, and multiple tiny spots are visible below it, A plurality of blue spots should be displayed between the corresponding positions of thymol and Menthyl acetate, and other spots should be displayed above the above spots, and the spot with the largest specific shift value (elder brother) should be clear, the origin should appear blue.

Clarity and color of solution

Take this product O .lg, add three gas methane 1 0 m l, heat to dissolve, check according to law (General rule 0901 and general rule 0902), the solution should be clear and colorless; If color, compared with the same volume of control solution (take 1.0 of potassium dichromate solution for color comparison, add 15ml of water, shake, then get), no deeper.

Ignition residue

The l .O g of this product is taken for determination according to law (General rule 0841), and the residue left shall not exceed 0.25%.

Heavy metals

The residue left under the ignition residue item shall not contain more than 20 parts per million (ppm) of heavy metals after inspection by law (General Rule 0 8 2 1).

Category: Pharmaceutical excipients, coating materials and release blockers.
Storage : Sealed storage.
Reference Information

Documents

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• Betakim Carnouba Wax TDS.pdf
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