ethyl alcohol

  • 31Ethyl — may refer to:* Ethyl group, a functional group in organic chemistry * Ethyl Corporation, a fuel additive company * Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol * Gasoline treated with the antiknocking agent tetra ethyl lead… …

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  • 32ethyl chloride — n. a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic …

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  • 33ethyl — UK US /ˈeθɪl/ noun [U] ► NATURAL RESOURCES a chemical compound often used in producing biofuels (= fuels that are produced from plants, crops, waste, etc.): »ethyl alcohol …

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  • 34ethyl — 1838, modeled on Ger. äthyl (Liebig), from Gk. aither (see ETHER (Cf. ether)) + hyle stuff. Ethyl alcohol, under other names, was widely used in medicine by 13c …

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  • 35ethyl — [eth′əl] n. [ ETH(ER) + YL] the monovalent radical, C2H5, which forms the base of many compounds, as ethyl alcohol and ether ethylic [i thil′ik] adj …

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  • 36ethyl acetate — n. a colorless, fruity smelling liquid ester, CH3COOC2H5, formed from acetic acid and ethyl alcohol and used as a solvent, in flavoring, in manufacturing synthetic resins, etc …

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  • 37alcohol of crystallization — alcohol, usually ethyl alcohol, combined in a manner analogous to that of water of crystallization see alcoholate 1a …

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  • 38alcohol — /al keuh hawl , hol /, n. 1. Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water miscible liquid, C2H5OH, having an etherlike odor and pungent, burning taste, the intoxicating… …

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  • 39Alcohol — An organic chemical in which one or more hydroxyl (OH) groups are attached to carbon (C) atoms in place of hydrogen (H) atoms. Common alcohols include ethyl alcohol or ethanol (found in alcoholic beverages), methyl alcohol or methanol (can cause… …

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  • 40Ethyl carbamate — Chembox new Name = Ethyl carbamate ImageFile = Ethyl carbamate 2D skeletal.png ImageSize = 150px ImageName = Skeletal formula of ethyl carbamate IUPACName = Ethyl carbamate Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 51 79 6 SMILES = NC(=O)OCC… …

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