Question

what is alcohol?????

Answer 1

a colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel.

Answer 2

Alcohol

Alcohol is an organic substance having hydroxyl group as the functional group of the organic compound. Alcohol has - ol as the suffix. Alcohol are usually very weakly acidic. Alcohol can be aliphatic as well as aromatic in nature.

Alcohol can be oxidised to aldehyde and ketones. Alcohol can be classified into primary, secondary and tertiary alcohol. Alcohol are used as wide range of industrial processes. It is a solvent for organic compounds. Lower alcohol are usually liquid in physical nature.