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absolute alcohol

American  

noun

  1. ethyl alcohol containing less than one percent by weight of water.


absolute alcohol British  

noun

  1. a liquid containing at least 99 per cent of pure ethanol by weight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The caustic which Dr. Cutler prefers is a "modified Carnoy's solution": absolute alcohol 6 c. c., chloroform 3 c. c., glacial acetic acid i c.c., ferric chloride 1 gm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cold absolute alcohol drips into the balloon through attached tubing until the patient feels his stomach distended, as though after a heavy meal.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is insoluble in water, but soluble in absolute alcohol, ether and the fixed and volatile oils.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Insoluble in absolute alcohol, water and other neutral solvents.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

To this cooled solution 25 cubic centimeters of absolute alcohol saturated with dry hydrochloric acid is added.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

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