Ethyl Alcohol is known as the psychoactive drug which is in common terms known as alcohol. Ethyl alcohol has been characterized as the straight chain alcohol. It has been put be used as the intoxicating ingredient of the alcoholic beverages by the human beings. Ethyl alcohol can be oxidized into the acetaldehyde which can be further put into the oxidation to produce acetic acid.
STRUCTURAL FORMULA of Ethyl Alcohol : C2H6OSYNONYMS of Ethyl Alcohol : Grain Alcohol, Pure Alcohol, Hydroxyethane, Drinking Alcohol, Ethyl hydrate, Ethanol
PROPERTIES of Ethyl Alcohol :
- Ethyl Alcohol is volatile.
- Ethyl Alcohol is flammable.
- Ethyl Alcohol is colorless.
- Ethyl Alcohol has strong characteristic odor.
- Ethyl Alcohol is versatile solvent.
- Ethyl Alcohol is used as the motor fuel and fuel additive.
- Ethyl Alcohol can be used in the form of fuel for powering direct-ethanol fuel cells for producing electricity and the by-products of water and carbon dioxide.
- It is considered as the vital industrial ingredient and therefore it is being used on a larger scale as the base chemical for other organic compounds.
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