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CH3CH2OH

Note the use of the capital letters. The use of lower case single letter elements is incorrect. #

It is NOT Ch3ch2oh'.

In chemistry , single letter elements are always shown as a CAPITAL letter. e.g. H , O, C.

Two letter elements are always written as ; first letter is a CAPITAL letter , and the second letter is always small/lower case. e.g. Fe, Na, Cl,

When single letter elements are shown in a chemical formula they are still written as capital letters.

Numbers after a letter, indicating the number of atoms of the prefixed element, are always 'SUBSCRIPT'. Regret to say I cannot indicate it here.

Numbers written the the left of a molecule, indicating the molar ratio are always full script.

e.g. 2H2O . The left hand number (2) is written full script, the '2' between 'H & 'O' should be written subscript. Similarly the '2' in CO2 ( Carbon Dioxide).

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'Ethyl Alcohol' is the archaic name for Ethanol.

It formula is 'CH3CH2OH'

This is the alcohol that humans drink in beers, wines and spirits.

However, in a chemistry lab. you do NOT drink that stuff, it is probably the 'Glacial' form ; very pure ; and it will make you very ill very quickly. One NEVER eats nor drinks in a chemistry lab.

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ethanol(ethyl Aclohol) is a compound not an atom and there for does not have a chemical symbol. Its chemical Formula however is CH3CH2OH

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Ch3 ch2 oh

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OH

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C2h5oh

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