Chemical Properties
| Melting point | <25 °C |
| Boiling point | 260 °C(lit.) |
| Density | 0.844-0.8790 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| refractive index | n20/D 1.490-1.505(lit.) |
| FEMA | 3839 | ALPHA-FARNESENE |
| Flash point | 110 °C |
| storage temp. | -20°C, Light sensitive |
| solubility | Chloroform (Slightly), Ethyl Acetate (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form | liquid |
| color | colorless to light yellow |
| Odor | Very mild, sweet and warm, rather nondescript odor of good tenacity. |
| Odor Type | woody |
| JECFA Number | 1343 |
| Henry's Law Constant | 3.4×10-4 mol/(m3Pa) at 25℃, Copolovici and Niinemets (2015) |
| Stability | Light Sensitive |
| Cosmetics Ingredients Functions | PERFUMING FRAGRANCE |
| LogP | 6.139 (est) |
| EPA Substance Registry System | 1,3,6,10-Dodecatetraene, 3,7,11-trimethyl-, (3E,6E)- (502-61-4) |
