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If you're talking about candle wax, it is not a polymer. It is a mixture of large-chain alkanes, which are hydrocarbons. All other types of waxes are condensation polymers.

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Wax is a naturally occurring polymer called an ester, which is made up of long-chain hydrocarbons with a carboxylic acid group at one end. It is a solid at room temperature and becomes liquid when heated.

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