PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | <25 °C |
| Boiling point: | bp 360-365° with decompn |
| Density | d2020 1.040 |
| vapor pressure | 0.009Pa at 25℃ |
| refractive index | nD20 1.530 |
| Flash point: | 180-218°C |
| storage temp. | Refrigerator |
| solubility | Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form | Oil |
| color | Methyl abietate is a colourless to yellow, almost odourless, thick liquid |
| Odor | Fresh batches may be almost odorless but carry a faint odor or acquire an increasingly perceptible, piney-woody odor of considerable tenacity and with a balsamic sweetness. |
| Water Solubility | 17μg/L at 25℃ |
| LogP | 6.75 at 25℃ |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Methyl abietate (127-25-3) |
Description and Uses
As a solvent for ester gums, rosin, many synthetic resins, ethyl cellulose, rubber, etc.; in the manufacture of varnish resins; as ingredient in adhesives.
Safety
| Symbol(GHS) |  GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H334-H319 |
| Precautionary statements | P261-P285-P304+P341-P342+P311-P501-P264-P280-P305+P351+P338-P337+P313P |
| Toxicity | Both the acute oral LD50 value in rats and the acute dermal LD50 value in rabbits exceeded 5 g/kg (Moreno, 1972) |
