Known as the human species oldest recreational drug, Ethanol is a colorless, flammable liquid, with a distinct smell, and burns with a blue flame. It has the chemical formula of CH3CH2OH (it's molecular formula) or C2H6O (it's empirical formula), that can also be abbreviated using chemistry notation as EtOH. It has a melting point at -173.2°F , and a boiling point at 173.1°F.
Ethanol has many handy uses around the world, in many different places. Some of it's many uses include being an antiseptic, commonly used in the medical field (like in hospitals, for example), and found in medical wipes and antibacterial hand sanitizer. Some widely-known brand names include: Germ-X, Lavacol, Sani-Soft, Hanitizer, Epoch, and Aplicare Antiseptic Gel Hand …show more content…
If the person were to have a heavy addiction to the consumption of this drink, it could cause serious brain damage, liver disease, and trauma to the head.
Although not completely confirmed, it is believed by many scientists that Ethanol was first created back 9,000 years ago by the Neolithic people in Northern China, all thanks to recent discoveries of partial traces of ethanol residue found on extremely old Chinese pottery. It is then theorized that in the early first century A.D., distillation was discovered by the Greeks, thus helping the expansion of the alcohol content in alcoholic drinks.
But, the prefix 'ethyl' is a relation to the french word 'ether', meaning a substance that has evaporated. This idea to use that variation of the french word was formulated by a German chemist by the name of Justus Liebig, in …show more content…
The second way, known as a "petrochemical" process, is through ethylene hydration. Ethylene hydration's process is just as it sounds; it is the hydration of ethylene.
In 1824, stretching all the way to 1826, a U.S. Inventor by the name of Samuel Morey spent two years of his life attempting to create an engine that could run on ethanol and turpentine. After being known world-wide for his creation of the first ever internal combustion engine, soon afterwards, he was widely known again for this successful
Ethanol has many handy uses around the world, in many different places. Some of it's many uses include being an antiseptic, commonly used in the medical field (like in hospitals, for example), and found in medical wipes and antibacterial hand sanitizer. Some widely-known brand names include: Germ-X, Lavacol, Sani-Soft, Hanitizer, Epoch, and Aplicare Antiseptic Gel Hand …show more content…
If the person were to have a heavy addiction to the consumption of this drink, it could cause serious brain damage, liver disease, and trauma to the head.
Although not completely confirmed, it is believed by many scientists that Ethanol was first created back 9,000 years ago by the Neolithic people in Northern China, all thanks to recent discoveries of partial traces of ethanol residue found on extremely old Chinese pottery. It is then theorized that in the early first century A.D., distillation was discovered by the Greeks, thus helping the expansion of the alcohol content in alcoholic drinks.
But, the prefix 'ethyl' is a relation to the french word 'ether', meaning a substance that has evaporated. This idea to use that variation of the french word was formulated by a German chemist by the name of Justus Liebig, in …show more content…
The second way, known as a "petrochemical" process, is through ethylene hydration. Ethylene hydration's process is just as it sounds; it is the hydration of ethylene.
In 1824, stretching all the way to 1826, a U.S. Inventor by the name of Samuel Morey spent two years of his life attempting to create an engine that could run on ethanol and turpentine. After being known world-wide for his creation of the first ever internal combustion engine, soon afterwards, he was widely known again for this successful