Camphor

Camphor Racemic camphor; C₁₀H₁₆O = 152.2 (76-22-2)

General reagent grade of commerce.

Camphor used in gas chromatography complies with the followingtest.

Assay Carry out the method for gas chromatography as described in the monograph for Lavender Oil using a 1.0% w/v solution of the reagent being examined in hexane. The area of the principal peak is not less than 98.0% by normalisation.