Cyclododecane (CCD) may be solved in solvents such as is o-octane or naphtha as with low boiling points (e.g. 60 -90°C).
With slowly evaporating solvents, CCD produces a kind of felt consisting of long, needle-like crystals. This film only offers little resistance to mechanical pressure.
The faster subliming solvents build an amorphous precipitation, developing a film which gets harder and harder by the time. This film is absoluy water-proof and it also offers mechanical protection. As a rule it can be stated that on porous, non-sucking surfaces, the density of the film as well as its ability to resist mechanical pressure increases with the volatility of the used thinner.
In addition to the applications used so far, melt and solution, cyclododecane as spray represents a third form. In the spray can cyclododecane is found in a dissolved form. The only solvent present is in this case the propellant. No further solvents are present. The propellant, being an extremely volatile solvent, also determines the main properties of the cyclododecane film.