This product has historical factory records. Recorded pack sizes and purity can be used as a supply reference, while project-specific availability is confirmed by inquiry.
100 °F (NTP, 1992)
-8 °C
MP: 43 °C /L-Menthol 2216-51-5/; MP 38 °C /DL-Menthol 89-78-1/
Boiling Point
421 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)
214.6 °C
BP: 216.5 /menthol/; BP: 218.6 /isomenthol/; BP: 211.7 /neomenthol/; BP: 214.6 /isoneomenthol/
214.00 to 216.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Density
0.904 at 59 °F (NTP, 1992) - Less dense than water; will float
0.9131 at 18 °C
0.901 (20°); 0.891 (30°)
Physical Description
D,l-menthol is a white crystalline solid with a peppermint odor and taste. (NTP, 1992)
Liquid
Pellets or Large Crystals; Other Solid; Liquid
White solid with a cooling odor; [Hawley] Colorless solid with a peppermint odor; [HSDB] Colorless solid with a sweet odor;
colourless, hexagonal crystals, usually needle-like; fused masses or crystalline powder with a pleasant, peppermint-like odour
Appearance
White crystals /89-78-1/
Crystals or granules /dl-Menthol/