c 15 alkanols neodol 45 alcohol the alfol alcohols trademark of and sold by vista chemical company including mixtures of c 10 and c 12 alkanols alfol 1012 mixtures of c 12 and c 14 alkanols alfol 1214 mixtures of c 16 and c 18 alkanols alfol 1618 and mixtures of c 16 c 18 and c sub 20 alkanols alfol 1620 the epal alcohols trademark of and sold by ethyl chemical company including mixtures of c 10 and c 12 alkanols epal 1012 mixtures of c 12 and c 14 alkanols epal 1214 and mixtures of c 14 c 16 and c 18 alkanols epal 1418 and the tergitol l alcohols trademark of and sold by union carbide corporation including mixtures of c 12 c 13 c 14 and c 15 alkanols tergitol l 125 also very suitable are the commercially available alkanols prepared by the reduction of naturally occurring fatty esters for example the co and ta products of procter and gamble company and the ta alcohols of ashland oil company among the polyols particular mention may be made of those having from 2 to about 6 hydroxyl groups and 2 or more preferably 2 to 30 carbon atoms specific examples include the alkylene glycols such as ethylene glycol.