Camphor Powder

Public-database records for Camphor Powder (CAS 76-22-2), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Camphor appears as a colorless or white colored crystalline powder with a strong mothball-like odor. About the same density as water. Emits flammable vapors above 150 °F. Used to make moth proofings, pharmaceuticals, and flavorings.
• Liquid; CBI; Other Solid
• Colorless or white crystals with a penetrating, aromatic odor; [NIOSH]
• COLOURLESS OR WHITE CRYSTALS WITH CHARACTERISTIC ODOUR.
• White to pale yellow crystalline solid, Camphoraceous aroma
• Colorless or white crystals with a penetrating, aromatic odor.

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Used as a plasticizer and chemical intermediate; also used as an additive to explosives, varnishes, lacquers, insecticides, fungicides, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and flavorings; [ACGIH]
• It was used in two-phase based hollow fibre liquid-phase microextraction procedure for migration analysis of food packagings containing essential oils.
• Camphor was used in the synthesis of single-walled nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition.
• For more Uses (Complete) data for CAMPHOR (17 total), please visit the HSDB record page.
• Use (kg; approx.) in Germany (2009): >10000
• Consumption (g per capita; approx.) in Germany (2009): 0.122

Names this substance appears under

camphor; 76-22-2; DL-Camphor; 2-Camphanone; 1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one; 21368-68-3; Bornan-2-one; 2-Bornanone; Alphanon; Kampfer; Laurel camphor; 1,7,7-Trimethylnorcamphor; 2-Camphonone; Matricaria camphor; SYNTHETIC CAMPHOR; 1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]-2-heptanone

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

Camphor Powder · CAS 76-22-2 · C10H16O. 沸点: 399 °F at 760 mmHg (NIOSH, 2024); 沸点: 204; 沸点: 209 °C.

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.