Ethyl Alcohol - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: ethyl alcoholEthylate
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen after the manner of a hydrate an ethyl alcoholate as potassium ethylate C2H5OK...
Ethylic
Pertaining to derived from or containing ethyl as ethylic alcohol...
Alcohol
Alcohol, means ethyl alcohol of any strength and purity having the chemical composition C2H5OH. [Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 (39 of 1955) s. 2 (9); (16 of 1955), s. 2 (a)]...
molecular formula
An expression representing the composition of elements in a chemical substance commonly consisting of a series of letters and numbers comprising the atomic symbols of each element present in a compound followed by the number of atoms of that element present in one molecule of the substance Thus the molecular formula for common alcohol ethyl alcohol is C2H6O meaning that each molecule contains two carbon atoms six hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom The molecular formula may be written to provide some indication of the actual structure of the molecule in which case structural units may be written separately Thus ethyl alcohol can also be written as CH3CH2OH or CH3 CH2 OH in which the period or dash between functional groups indicates a single bond between the principle atoms of each group This formula shows that in ethyl alcohol the carbon of a methyl group CH3 is attached to the carbon of a methylene group CH2 which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group OH A structural formula i...
methanol
The simplest alcohol of the paraffin series CH3OH methyl alcohol Called also wood alcohol It is used as an antifreeze solvent as a fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol...
ethane
A gaseous hydrocarbon C2H6 forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas It is the second member of the paraffin series and its most important derivatives are common alcohol ethyl alcohol acetaldehyde ether and acetic acid Called also dimethyl...
ethanol
The organic compound C2H5OH the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer wine and other fermented and distilled liquors called also ethyl alcohol It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles and as a rocket fuel as in the V 2 rocket...
Glycol
A thick colorless liquid C2H4OH2 of a sweetish taste produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds It is a diacid alcohol intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin...
Chloral
A colorless oily liquid CCl3CHO of a pungent odor and harsh taste obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol...
Ethyl
A monatomic hydrocarbon radical C2H5 of the paraffin series forming the essential radical of ethane and of common alcohol and ether...
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