Health and Medicine Question #2170
George Donati, a 30 year old male from Andradas-MG- Brazil asks on July 10, 2004,
When you squeeze out a piece of orange-peel on a flame, it catches fire violently. Why? What is there in the peel that is flammable?
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The answer
Barry Shell
answered on July 16, 2004
D-limonene. The oil from orange peel is up to 90% d-limonene, but also contains n-decylic aldehyde, Linalool, Terpineol and b-carotinmore. More at Esoteric Oils.
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