camphor
A crystalline terpenoid ketone (C 10 H
16 O), occurring naturally in the (+)-,
(-)- and (±) forms. Ordinary commercial
camphor is the (+) type, obtained from the wood of
the camphor tree (Cinnamonum camphora), mainly
from Formosa. It can also be manufactured, using
pinene (C 10 H 16 ) as the
raw material. It is sometimes used in an effort to
rid books and bookcases of BOOKWORMS , and as a
plasticizer in cellulose nitrate plastics.
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