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Absolute Alcohol

Absolute alcohol is the name for ethanol containing less than one percent water in weight. Absolute alcohol, in other words, is 99 percent or more pure alcohol by weight.

The other common names of this alcohol are ethanol, ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, and grain alcohol.

What are the properties of absolute alcohol

Following are the properties of absolute alcohol;

  • It is a clear/colorless liquid.
  • The solvent is both flammable and volatile
  • It has a distinctive smell.
  • When burned, it produces a smokeless blue flame. The flame is invisible in normal light.
  • It evaporates in an open container.