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(Encyclopedia) ethanolethanolĕthˈənōlˌ [key] or ethyl alcohol, CH3CH2OH, a colorless liquid with characteristic odor and taste; commonly called grain alcohol or simply alcohol. Ethanol is used…gasohol
(Encyclopedia) gasohol, a gasoline extender made from a mixture of gasoline (90%) and ethanol (10%; often obtained by fermenting agricultural crops or crop wastes) or gasoline (97%) and methanol, or…industrial alcohol
(Encyclopedia) industrial alcohol: see ethanol.denatured alcohol
(Encyclopedia) denatured alcohol: see ethanol.ethyl alcohol
(Encyclopedia) ethyl alcohol: see ethanol.grain alcohol
(Encyclopedia) grain alcohol: see ethanol.alcohol
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Alcohols alcohol, any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula R–OH, where R represents an alkyl group made up of carbon and hydrogen in various proportions and…chloroform
(Encyclopedia) chloroformchloroformklôrˈəfôrm [key] or trichloromethanechloroformtrīˌklôrōmĕthˈān [key], CHCl3, volatile, colorless, nonflammable liquid that has a sweetish taste and a somewhat…acetaldehyde
(Encyclopedia) acetaldehydeacetaldehydeăsˌĭtălˈdəhīd [key] or ethanalethanalĕthˈənălˌ [key], CH3CHO, colorless liquid aldehyde, sometimes simply called aldehyde. It melts at −123℃, boils at 20.8℃,…maltose
(Encyclopedia) maltosemaltosemôlˈtōs [key] or malt sugar, crystalline disaccharide (see carbohydrate). It has the same empirical formula (C12H22O11) as sucrose and lactose but differs from both in…Trending
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