Ethanol

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H3C-CH2-OH  ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH
 MW 46,07 g/mol
flammable

Properties

Ethanol, often referred to simply as alcohol, is clear, colorless liquid with aromatic odour and burning taste. Combustion with air-oxygen leads to carbondioxde and water. Therefore, agraric alcohol is used as motor fuel (bioethanol).

Ethanol is completly soluble with water, diethylether, chloroform, patrol, benzene in any mixture. With water, the mixture is volume contracted. Thus the density of ethanol-water mixtures are dependend from the relative ratio of both components in a non linear way.

Production

Usage:

For toxicokinetics see also resorption and elimination kinetics as well as Widmark-Formula.