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EC number: 289-612-9 | CAS number: 89957-91-5 Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Citrus bergamia risso, Rutaceae.
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Based on its physical chemical properties, Bergamot oil is classified as a flammable liquid and vapour according to the criteria of GHS/CLP regulation 1272/2008/EC.
The substance is a colourless to yellow liquid at 20ºC with an odour typical of the outer part of the Bergamot peel.
The substance has a melting point of < -30ºC.
The boiling point of the substance could not be determined as the substance decomposes before the boiling point is reached.
The substance has a relative density of 0.8678 at 20ºC.
The substance has a vapour pressure of 123.1 Pa at 25ºC.
The constituents of the substance have a log Kow ranging from 2.14 to 6.3. 84.55% of the composition has a log Kow > 4.
The constituents of the substance have a water solubility ranging from 0.028139 to 1767.3 mg/L. 87% of the composition has a water solubility > 40 mg/L.
The substance has a flash point of 56ºC.
The substance has an auto-ignition temperature of 235ºC at 1018.9 hPa.
The substance is not explosive.
The substance is not an oxidising substance.
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