Paraffin is a general term for various hydrocarbons. It may refer to:
Substances Paraffin wax, a white or colourless soft solid (also in liquid form) that is used as a lubricant and for other applications Liquid paraffin (drug), a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and for medical purposes Alkane, a saturated hydrocarbon Kerosene, a fuel that is also known as paraffin Mineral oil, any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum Petroleum jelly, also called soft paraffin Tractor vaporizing oil, a fuel for petrol-paraffin engines
Other uses "Paraffin" (song) the first single off the 1995 album Salt Peter by Ruby Paraffin - WiX command-line tool, a free software toolset that builds Windows Installer (MSI) packages from an XML document Paraffin (album)
See also Kerosene (disambiguation) Paraffin oil (disambiguation) Paraffin test