PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | -74 °C |
| Boiling point: | 170-180 °C(lit.) |
| Density | 0.86 g/mL at 20 °C(lit.) |
| vapor density | >4.7 (80 °C, vs air) |
| vapor pressure | 1 mm Hg ( 20 °C) |
| refractive index | n |
| Flash point: | 110 °F |
Description and Uses
dl-Limonene has a pleasant, lemon-like odor free from campho raceous and turpentine-like notes. The most important and wide spread terpene; it is known in the d- and ι- optically active forms and in the optically inactive dl-iovm (known as dipentene); it has been reported found in more than 300 essential oils in amounts ranging from 90 - 95% (lemon, orange, mandarin) to as low as 1% (palmarosa); the most widespread form is the d-limonene, followed by the racemic form, and then ι-limonene.
Safety
| Symbol(GHS) |     GHS08,GHS07,GHS02,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H410-H226-H317-H315-H304 |
| Precautionary statements | P273-P391-P501-P261-P272-P280-P302+P352-P333+P313-P321-P363-P501-P264-P280-P302+P352-P321-P332+P313-P362 |
| Hazard Codes | Xi,N |
| Risk Statements | 10-38-43-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 24-37-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 2052 3/PG 3 |
| WGK Germany | 1 |
| RTECS | OS8100000 |
