2007-02-09 21:56:21 · 10 answers · asked by chrixylene l 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Ethanol containing not more than 1 percent water.
This is usualy achieved by the addition of a compund to force the water to be driven off by shifting the equilibrium. Usually ethanol can only be distilled to 95%
However the commercial process for producing etanol does not bare any resemblance to the process used to create ethanol which is drunk it is not done by a bacteria or yeast but by another type of chemical process.
2007-02-10 00:45:15 · answer #1 · answered by mark_gillibrand 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolute or anhydrous alcohol generally refers to purified ethanol, containing no more than one percent water.
It is not possible to obtain absolute alcohol by simple fractional distillation, because a mixture containing around 95.6% alcohol and 4.4% water becomes a constant boiling mixture (an azeotropic mixture). In one common industrial method to obtain absolute 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 78.2 °C (351.3 K).
2007-02-10 06:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by Samuel_007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Literally alcohol without water in it. Various countries have differing laws about potable (suitable for human consumption) alcohol sold to the general public.
2007-02-10 06:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe pure alcohol with no additives
2007-02-10 05:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by holly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a type of Vodka call Absolute
2007-02-10 05:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by FromJLM 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ethyl alcohol containing no more than one percent water.
2007-02-10 06:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by polsoc07 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ethanol without the methanol.
2007-02-10 06:12:21 · answer #7 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's a brand of Vodkaa, but they drop the silent "e".
2007-02-10 06:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by Sionarra 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
70%
2007-02-10 05:59:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a type of vodka
2007-02-10 05:59:34 · answer #10 · answered by setter505 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋