Ethyl Alcohol Key Facts Other Names: Ethanol; grain alcohol; alcohol; ethyl hydrate Formula: CH3CH2OH Elements: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen Compound Type: Alcohol (organic) State: Liquid Molecular Weight: 46.07 g/mol Melting Point: −114.14°C...

Ethanol, sometimes called methylated spirits, ethyl alcohol, or just alcohol, is a member of a group of organic chemicals called alcohols. Ethanol has the chemical formula of CH3CH2OH, with the OH (hydroxyl ion) being the functional group. Because of...

Ethanol (C2H5OH), also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, is a colorless, flammable liquid. It is the second-simplest compound in the alcohol family, whose molecules are characterized by a hydroxyl group (OH-) attached to a carbon atom. It is...

Ethanol is an organic compound with the chemical formula C2H5OH. Its common names include ethyl alcohol and grain alcohol. The latter term reflects one method by which the compound can be produced: the distillation of corn, sugar cane, wheat and other...

For beverages containing ethanol, see alcoholic beverage. For the use of ethanol as a fuel, see alcohol fuel. Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, mildly toxic chemical compound, and is best...

You will be hosing ethanol into your gas tank. You will. It’s the law.The 551-page Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed last August, includes many sops to a blur of special interests, but one single provision rang the bell for automakers, greenies, and farmers, and...

Environmentalism: President Bush has long been blasted by the left as big oil's tool, indifferent to alternative energy. Now that he's got a big plan to develop ethanol with Brazil, the left hates ethanol. Who needs this?Only yesterday, we were hearing about the glories of...

The price of fuel ethanol usually goes up and down in sync with gasoline prices. Both are fuels. Within limits they are interchangeable. If gasoline is expensive, then the market will pay more for a gasoline substitute. So they rise and fall together.          But not...

Michael Bloomberg is not a fan of ethanol, the corn-based fuel that is critical to farmers in the key caucus state of Iowa and whose increased production is mandated by the energy bill President Bush signed this afternoon. The mayor, asked about the subject during...