A white crystalline cyclic ketone, C10H16O; r.d. 0.99; m.p. 179°C; b.p. 204°C. It was formerly obtained from the wood of the Formosan camphor tree, but can now be synthesized. The compound has a characteristic odour associated with its use in mothballs. It is a plasticizer in celluloid.
Camphor
- ultrafiltration
- ultraforming process
- ultra high-definition
- ultra high frequency
- ultrahigh frequency
- ultra high-pressure processing
- ultra high temperature
- Ultra-Long Duration Balloon
- ultra-luminous infrared galaxy
- ultramafic
- ultrametric
- ultramicroscope
- ultramicrotome
- ultramylonite
- ultra orthoflow process
- ultraplinian eruption
- ultrasonic cleaning
- boundary representation
- boundary-scan testing
- boundary slip
- boundary stratotype
- boundary value problem
- boundary-value problem
- boundary wave
- boundary zonal