Bergamot oil
Description
A honey-color oil extracted from the small citrus fruit rinds from the Citrus bergamia trees native to the south Italian province of Calabria . Bergamot oil is a citrus type oil that has been used as a preservative in Glue and Starch pastes.
Synonyms and Related Terms
"Citrus bergamia; esencia de bergamota (Esp.); olio di bergamotto (It); bergamotte gel; bergamot orange "
| CAS | 8007-75-8 |
|---|---|
| Density | 0.881-0.886 |
| Refractive Index | 1.464-1.468 |
Hazards and Safety
Ingestion or inhalation causes ill effects. Skin contact causes irritation.
Sigma Chemical: MSDS
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 593
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Bergamot." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 12 May 2004 .