Absolute Alcohol

Definition: Absolute Alcohol

Absolute Alcohol

Noun

1. Pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water).

Crosswords: Absolute Alcohol

English words defined with "absolute alcohol": Ethionic acid ♦ Rectified spirit. (references)

Specialty definitions using "absolute alcohol": Boylston's reagent ♦ Igewsky's reagent. (references)

Specialty Definition: Absolute alcohol

Absolute alcohol or dehydrated alcohol is anhydrous pure ethanol, (C₂H₅OH) containing no more than one percent water.

It is not possible to obtain absolute alcohol by simple fractional distillation, because a mixture containing at least 95.4% alcohol and 5.6% water becomes a constant boiling mixture (an azeotropic mixture). To obtain 100% pure alcohol a small quantity of benzene is added to rectified spirit and the mixture is then distilled. Absolute alcohol is obtained in third fraction that distills over at 351.3 ºK (78.2 ºC).

There is also an absolute alcohol production process by dehydration using glycerine.

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Modern Translations: Absolute Alcohol

Language		Translations for "absolute alcohol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		καθαρό οινόπνευμα (neutral spirit, silent spirit). (various references)

Italian		alcol assoluto. (various references)

Pig Latin		absoluteay alcoholay.(various references)

Turkish		saf ispirto, saf alkol. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Absolute Alcohol

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-l-l-l-o-o-o-s-t-u"
	-4 letters: hullabaloos.
	-5 letters: blastocoel, hullabaloo.
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