Ethanol

CAS：64-17-5

Molecular formula：C2H6O

Molecular weight：46.07

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Physicochemical properties: Colorless, transparent, flammable and volatile liquid. It has the smell of wine and pungent spicy taste. Soluble in water, methanol, ether and chloroform. It can dissolve many organic compounds and several inorganic compounds.

Product application: Ethanol is an important organic solvent, which is widely used in medicine, coatings, sanitary products, cosmetics, oil and other methods, accounting for about 50% of the total consumption of ethanol. Ethanol is an important basic chemical raw material. It is used to manufacture acetaldehyde, ethylene diene, ethylamine, ethyl acetate, acetic acid, chloroethane, etc., and derived many intermediates of medicine, dyes, coatings, spices, synthetic rubber, detergent, pesticides and other products. There are more than 300 kinds of products. However, at present, the use of ethanol as an intermediate of chemical products is gradually declining, and many products such as acetaldehyde, acetic acid Ethyl ethanol is no longer used as raw material, but replaced by other raw materials. 75% ethanol aqueous solution has strong bactericidal ability and is a commonly used disinfectant. Specially refined ethanol can also be used to make beverages. Similar to methanol, ethanol can be used as energy. Some countries have begun to use ethanol alone as vehicle fuel or mixed with gasoline (more than 10%) to save gasoline.