Ethanol is an important organic solvent, which is widely used in medicine, coatings, sanitary products, cosmetics, grease and other methods, accounting for about 50% of the total consumption of ethanol. Ethanol is an important basic chemical raw material, which 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, but at present, the use of ethanol as an intermediate of chemical products is gradually declining, Many products, such as acetaldehyde, acetic acid and ethyl ethanol, no longer use ethanol as raw materials, but use other raw materials instead. 75% ethanol aqueous solution has strong bactericidal ability and is a common 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.
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