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Here is a short answer: an ethanol molecule is made of two carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, and six hydrogen atoms. The short chemical formula is then C2H60.
The chemical formula CH3CH2OH is more descriptive, because it conveys the information that at one end of the molecule there is a carbon atom with bonds to three hydrogens, while at the other end there is an OH (hydronium) group. Between the ends is a single CH2 set.
A fuller discussion of ethanol on Wikipedia is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol
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∙ 13y agoAlcoholic drinks - wine beer spirits.
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is best known as the type of alcohol found in Alcoholic Beverages and thermometers.
In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits.
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∙ 15y agoethanol is made up of carbon hydrogen and oxygen and has the molecular formula CH3CH2OH
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∙ 15y agoEthanol is CH3CH2OH, or C2H6O.
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∙ 13y agoC2H5OH so Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
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Is ethanol a compound or element?
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is a compound comprised of three different elements, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Any substance that chemically combines two or more elements is referred to as a compound.
Hydrogen and chlorine are pure substances or chemical elements?
they are chemical elements
Pure substances made from only one type of atom are?
This would be called an element, or a mono-atomic compound.
Why does ethanol dissolve in water and petrol?
ethanol consists of the polar hydroxyl group and non-polar alkyl grouping, accounting for its solubility in both polar (water) and non-polar (petrol) substances (remember, substances with the same polarity dissolve) miss p is awesome :)
Does lithium contain ethanol?
Question is not clearly stated. Lithium is a mineral (and appears on the Periodic Table of Elements), while Ethanol is alcohol produced by chemical distillation
What elements will be present in the substances that are created when ethanol burns?
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How many elements are there in ethanol?
There are 3 elements in ethanol: Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon.
What elements are made from Ethanol?
Ethanol is a compound that contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Therefore, these three elements can be obtained from ethanol. However, it is not customary to write that these elements can be "made from ethanol", because the elements are already present in the compound and are simply separated from one another to obtain the pure elements.
What are the chemicals that are present in the mixture of ethanol and water?
Of course, these substances are ethanol and water.
What happens to the freezing points as the ethanol concentration increased?
The answer depends on the substances in the mixture in which the ethanol concentration increases.
How many element are present in the compound of ethanol?
The elements in ethanol are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What elements does ethanol contain?
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What elements will be present in the substantces that are created when ethanol burns?
When ethanol is burned, the elements remain, but form different compounds. the elements are: Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen, and they form Carbon Dioxide and Dihydrogen Monixide.
Substances that cannot be broken down by chemical mean?
Substances that cannot be chemically broken down into simpler substances are called elements.
Is ethanol considered to be hygroscopic?
Hygroscopic substances include cellulose fiber such as ethanol, methanol and diesel fuel. As hydrogen bonding causes pure ethanol to readily absorbs water from the air, ethanol is considered to be hygroscopic.
Is a compound A. ethanol B. carbon C. helium D. potassium?
Ethanol is a compound. The others are elements.
What are the simplest pure substances that can not be broken down into any other substance?
substances that cannot be broken down chemically into other substances are
