Ethanol

Name：Ethanol

CAS：64-17-5

Use：It is widely used in medicines, coatings, sanitary products, cosmetics, oils and other methods, accounting for about 50% of the total consumption of ethanol. Ethanol is an important basic chemical raw material. It is used to produce acetaldehyde, ethylene, ethylamine, ethyl acetate, acetic acid, ethyl chloride and so on. Many intermediates of medicines, dyes, coatings, spices, synthetic rubber, detergents, pesticides and other products are derived. There are more than 300 kinds of products. However, the use of ethanol as an intermediate of chemical products is gradually declining. Many products such as acetaldehyde, acetic acid and ethyl ethanol are no longer used as raw materials but replaced by other raw materials. 75% ethanol aqueous solution has strong sterilization ability and is a common disinfectant. Specially refined ethanol can also be used to make beverages. Like methanol, ethanol can be used as an energy source. Some countries have started to use ethanol alone as automobile fuel or mixed with gasoline (more than 10%) to save gasoline.

Appearance: transparent colorless liquid