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Ethanol |
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Chemical formula
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C2H5OH
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Also known as:
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ethyl alcohol,
Anhydrous alcohol
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Properties
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Mol. Wt.
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46.07
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B.P.
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78.5°C
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Solubility
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Miscible with water,
and with many organic liquids.
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Description |
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Ethanol is manufactured by fermentation of starch, sugar, and other carbohydrates; from ethylene, acetylene, sulfite waste liquors and synthesis gas (CO+H); by hydrolysis of ethyl sulfate, and oxidation of methane.
Clear, colourless, very mobile flammable liquid; pleasant odour; burning taste. Absorbs water rapidly from air. |
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Uses |
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Most ethyl alcohol is used in alcoholic beverages in suitable dilutions. Other uses are as a solvent in laboratory and industry, in the manufacture of denatured alcohol, pharmaceuticals (rubbing compounds, lotions, tonics, colognes), in perfumery, in organic synthesis. |
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