Because of the shortage of montan wax during and after World War II and the fact that American industry in the past had to rely largely on foreign sources, a laboratory investigation was started by the Bureau of Mines in 1945 to obtain information concerning yields and properties of solvent-extractable wax from domestic lignites. Results of the survey showed that of the lignitic coals
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