Ozark Mountains
a chain of the United States, intersecting in a S. W. direction the States of Missouri and Arkansas; height about 1,400 feet.
OZOKERITE OZONE manufacture of candles. The chief uses of ozokerite are in electric insulation, the manufacture of paints, leather polish, sealing wax and ink, as a filling for rubber and in the preparation of carbon papers.
OZOKERITE. Mineral wax; fossil wax. A naturally occurring, wax-like hydrocarbon mixture, brownish to black or green in color. Specific gravity 0.85 to 0.97. Melting point 55-110° C. Insoluble in water, but soluble in all common solvents of fats and oils. Found in veins in Galicia, Utah, Wyoming, in the Caucasus and in other parts. Its formation is believed to have been brought about by the oxidation and decomposition of the hydrocarbons of naphtha. Ozokerite is purified by treatment with concentrated sulphuric acid possesses a peculiar, almost metallic,