I-Parafini (i-petroleum wax, i-E905c) iyinto efana ne-wax, inhlanganisela yama-hydrocarbon (i-alkanes) eyedlulele yokwakheka okuvela ku-C18H38 ku-C35H72.
Kunezinhlobo ezi-2:
- (i) I-Microcrystalline wax (Microcrystalline wax);
- (ii) Uhlaka lukapharafini.
Isetshenziselwa ukulungiswa kwephepha likapharafini, ukufakwa kwezinkuni ezimbonini zomdlalo wepensela, ukugqokwa kwezindwangu, njengezinto zokuvikela umzimba, izinto ezingamakhemikhali, njll. Kwezokwelapha, kusetshenziselwa ukwelashwa kukaphalafini.