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Oil will slide off of or pool on wax paper. This is because the paper is coated with paraffin wax and is waterproof.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoWhen I did that experiment at school, the cooking oil was damp where the cooking oil dropped. Surface tension of capillary action has something do with that.
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What happens to a drop of hexane on a piece of wax paper?
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How can you make a paper translucent?
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What chemical change happens when you lite a firework with wax paper?
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How do you get candle wax off of a book bag?
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wax paper is made out of wax,paer,and the trees 2 make the paper.
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Does wax paper absorb heat?
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Is wax paper thin or thick?
wax paper is about 5cm thick
