Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Flavor Ingredient Class
- Ingredient Name
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- CAS No.
- 5392-40-5
- Ingredients
- Citral
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Product Highlights
AROMA & FLAVOR
Intensely reminiscent of lemon, with a juicy tang and powerful green nuances. The odor maintains a citrusy freshness, and its flavor is bursting with sharp lemony sweetness.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
Properties
- Physical Form
- Solubility
- Appearance
- Colorless to Pale Yellow Liquid
- Odor
- Strong Lemon Odor
- Soluble in
- Ethanol, Oil, Glycerol
- Insoluble in
- Water
- Typical Properties
- Other Properties
- Physico-Chemical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Geranial Content | 47.0000 - 51.0000 | — | GC Analysis |
Neral Content | 48.0000 - 50.0000 | — | GC Analysis |
Refractive Index (at 20°C) | 1.4860 - 1.4900 | — | — |
Specific Gravity (at 25°C) | 0.8850 - 0.8910 | — | — |
Total Citral Content | 96.0000 - 100.0000 | % | GC Analysis |
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
VOC Content | 100 | % | — |
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Boiling Point | 226 | °C | — |
Density | 890 | kg/m³ | — |
Flash Point | 195 | °F | — |
Log Pow | 2.76 - 3.45 | — | — |
Molecular Mass | 152.24 | g/mol | — |
pH | max. 5 | — | — |
Relative Density | 0.891 | — | — |
Relative Vapour Density (at 20°C) | 5.3 | — | — |
Water Solubility | 0.04 | g/100ml | — |
Vapour Pressure (at 20°C) | 0.07 | mm Hg | — |
Vapour Pressure (at 50 °C) | max. 1 | hPa | — |
Explosive Limits | 4.3 - 9.9 | vol% | — |
Auto-ignition Temperature | 225 | °C | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Chemical Inventories
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 730 Days
- Storage and Handling
- Store in cool place away from heat and sources of ignition.