Product Description
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is a chemical compound, a simple alcohol with the chemical formula C2H6O. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a slight characteristic odor. It is a psychoactive substance and is the principal active ingredient found in alcoholic drinks. It has medical applications as an antiseptic and disinfectant. The compound is widely used as a chemical solvent, either for scientific chemical testing or in synthesis of other organic compounds, and is a vital substance used across many different kinds of manufacturing industries.
Ethanol Technical Details:
- Other names : Absolute alcohol, alcohol, cologne spirit, drinking alcohol, ethylic alcohol, EtOH, ethyl alcohol, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylol, grain alcohol, hydroxyethane, methylcarbinol
- Chemical formula : C2H6O
- Molar mass : 46.069 g·mol−1
- Appearance : Colorless liquid
- Density : 0.7893 g/cm3 (at 20 °C)
- Melting point : −114.14 ± 0.03[2] °C (−173.45 ± 0.05 °F; 159.01 ± 0.03 K)
- Boiling point : 78.24 ± 0.09[2] °C (172.83 ± 0.16 °F; 351.39 ± 0.09 K)
- Solubility in water : miscible
- log P : −0.18
- Vapor pressure : 5.95 kPa (at 20 °C)
- Acidity (pKa) : 15.9 (H2O), 29.8 (DMSO)
- Magnetic susceptibility (χ) −33.60·10−6 cm3/mol
- Refractive index (nD) : 1.3611
- Viscosity : 1.2 mPa·s (at 20 °C), 1.074 mPa·s (at 25 °C)
- Dipole moment : 1.69 D