Some Info About - Ethanol

Ethanol fast Facts

• Systematic Name: Ethanol

• Other Names: Ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, hydroxyethane, EtOH

• Molecular Formula: E2H6O

• Physically, ethanol may be described as a colorless, flammable, slightly toxic chemical compound that has a distinctive perfume-like smell.

• It is produced from sugar cane and used as automotive fuel in Brazil. Ethanol made out of corn, on the other hand, is being used widely as a gasoline additive and direct fuel in the United States. Straw, meanwhile, is being used to manufacture ethanol as well.

• Ethanol is currently the leading biofuel provider in Europe.

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