Ethanol

= Ethanol =

By: Paul


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**Information of Ethanol**
__Formula__- C2H6O

__IUPAC__- Ethanol

__Molar Mass__- 46.07 g/mol

__Density__- 0.789 g/cm3 (20 °C)

__Boiling Point__- 78.4 C

__Melting Point__- -114.3 C

__Properties__


 * Clear color
 * Strong smell
 * Mixed with water

**Background and Discovery**
Ethanol dates back to prehistory because it was used in early distilling and alcohol making processes. The first person to make pure ethanol was Johann Tobias Lowitz, and the chemical formula was founded by Nicolas-Theodor de Saussure. Then Archibald Scott Couper found it's structural formula 50 years later. It was synthetically made first in 1826 by Henry Hennel. After that it was used as lamp oil and in moonshine.

Names for Ethanol
Absolute alcohol

Drinking alcohol

Ethyl alcohol

Ethyl hydrate

Grain alcohol

Hydroxyethane

**Where is it found?**
Ethanol is one of the byproducts found in corn. Also found after fermentation of fruits by yeast breaking the fruits down.

**How is it obtained?**
Ethanol is manufactured from ethanol power plants from corn. Produced by fermenting sugars with yeast. The process of fermentation can be expressed like C6H12O6-->2(CH3)CH2OH+2(CO2)

Can form esters with water when reacted with carboxolic acid.

It can combust when mixed with Oxygen into CO2 and H2O.

Can dehydrate into diethyl ether.

**Uses**
-Fuel and Energy New studies now find that ethanol (extracted from corn) can be used to fuel America.

-Hand sanitizer Ethanol poisoning danger when sanitizer is consumed.

-Alcoholic beverages Found in all Alcoholic beverages (because it is alcohol). When a beverage has 100 proof that means it has 50 % ethanol.

__Also found in__

-Solvent

-Antiseptic

**3-D Model**


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__**References**__
1. Ethanol Wikipedia. 26 Oct 2010[| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol] 2, Ethanol evworld.com 26 Oct 2010 http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1272 3. Ethanol Wikipedia. 26 Oct 2010 4. Ethanol ethanol.org 26 Oct 2010 [] 5. Ethanol bizjournals.com 26 Oct 2010 [] 6. Ethanol extension.iastate.edu 26 Oct 2010 []