Question

a small indroduction about ALCOHOL

Answer 1

alcohol is a colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fragmentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine beer and etc
it is an organic compound whose molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a carbon atom.

Answer 2

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Alcohol [ Ethanol ]

• It can also be called as ethyl alcohol

• Its chemical formula is C5H5OH [ where OH is functional group ]

Physical properties :

• Physical state : liquid at room temperature.

• Melting point : 156 K

• Boiling point : 351 K

• Solubility : It is soluble in water.

• Active ingredient : It is an active ingredient in all alcoholic drinks like beer, rum, whiskey etc.

• Causes drunkenness : If we take it in even a small amount, drunkenness can be caused.

• Medicine : It can so be used in medicines like, cough syrups and tonics.

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