Are there any corrosion concerns when storing Citral in a 304L SS bulk storage tank - The tank would be at ambient conditions in the north east. There would be a nitrogen blanket on the vessel.

The following is provided to description of Citral Cas No. 5392-40-5 Citral is the aldehyde of geraniol and occurs in the volatile oils of lemon grass, lemon, orange, limetta and pimento. The formula is (CH3)2C=CHCH2CH2C9CH30=CHCHO C10H16O=152.128 MW It's synomyms are geranialdehyde, neral, geranial, 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal It is a light yellow liquid with a lemon like smell Sp. Gr. - 0.88 Boiling Point - 224 c Flash Point - 98 c

John As suggested by Hendrix, S.S 304 L may be OK for your service conditions with nitrogen blameting. Better still if u can think of S.S 316 L if some contaminants are presnet in the oil to be stored from long storage use. Hope this helps C.V.Srinivasan Nishi Engineers Pvt Ltd Chennai India E-mail:nishi@vsnl.com June 02,2005 >John: > >Type 304SS should be able to store Citral with no problems >under your stated conditions. I would use the "L" grade of >304SS. > >Hope this helps! > > >David Hendrix >The Hendrix Group Inc.