Moreover, not only does this heterogeneity of ordered and disordered structures vary spatially, it also varies systematically with composition in binary mixtures of these n-alkanes and n-alkanols. At intermediate compositions, increasing alcohol content correlated with a loss of grain structure in 'chains-flat' crystals and changes toward smaller, granular structures in 'down-chain' crystals. Our microscopic observations separate and assign features not otherwise distinguishable in measurements at lower spatial resolution. Disentangling lamellar ordering and diffuse scattering at the nanoscale opens new avenues for analysis of diverse wax crystals and to test order-disorder hypotheses only indirectly assessed previously.