I use a lot of ethanol at work for scientific purposes. I also use at home for beverage purposes!
What uses does ethanol have at home?
Well you've got Ethanol fuel for your car and of course it's in all your alcoholic beverages.
Yes, that's true. What kind of alcoholic beverages do you likr?
sugars by yeasts or via petrochemical processes, and is most commonly consumed as a popular recreational drug. It also has medical applications as an antiseptic and disinfectant. The compound is widely used as a chemical solvent, either for scientific chemical testing or in synthesis of other organic compounds, and is a vital substance used across many different kinds of manufacturing industries. Ethanol is also used as a clean-burning fuel source.
Etymology.
"Ethanol" is the systematic name defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Denaturing alcohol does not chemically alter the ethanol molecule. Rather, the ethanol is mixed with other chemicals to form a foul-tasting, often toxic, solution. For many of these solutions, there is no practical way to separate the components.
Uses.
In many countries, sales of alcoholic beverages are heavily taxed for revenue and public health policy purposes (see Pigovian tax). In order to avoid paying beverage taxes on alcohol that is not meant to be consumed, the alcohol must be "denatured