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单词 ethanol
释义
ethanol

Chemistry
  • A colourless water-soluble alcohol, C2H5OH; r.d. 0.789 (0°C); m.p. –117.3°C; b.p. 78.3°C. It is the active principle in intoxicating drinks, in which it is produced by fermentation of sugar using yeast

    C6H12O62C2H5OH+2CO2

    The ethanol produced kills the yeast and fermentation alone cannot produce ethanol solutions containing more than 15% ethanol by volume. Distillation can produce a constant-boiling mixture containing 95.6% ethanol and 4.4% water. Pure ethanol (absolute alcohol) is made by removing this water by means of drying agents.

    The main industrial use of ethanol is as a solvent although at one time it was a major starting point for making other chemicals. For this it was produced by fermentation of molasses. Now ethene has replaced ethanol as a raw material and industrial ethanol is made by hydrolysis of ethene.


Biology
  • A colourless water-soluble alcohol, C2H5OH. It is the active principle in intoxicating drinks, in which it is produced by alcoholic fermentation of sugar using yeast:

    C6H12O62C2H5OH+2CO2

    The ethanol produced kills the yeast and fermentation alone cannot produce ethanol solutions containing more than 15% ethanol by volume. See also brewing.


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