glycol
Also called ethylene glycol, eth·yl·ene al·co·hol [eth-uh-leen al-kuh-hawl, -hol] /ˈɛθ əˌlin ˈæl kəˌhɔl, -ˌhɒl/ . a colorless, sweet liquid, C2H6O2, used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
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You’ll be inhaling a cloud of other ingredients, too, such propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine.
Warning! Nicotine poses special risks to teens | Alison Pearce Stevens | May 19, 2022 | Science News For StudentsIt has even been used as a drip to counteract poisoning from ethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient in antifreeze that causes kidney failure when ingested.
The nanorods in the new method are composed of magnetic iron oxide instead of gold, and they are coated with citric acid instead of ethylene glycol — but they have the same size and shape as the earlier nanorods.
Great Balls Of Fire: How Heating Up Testicles With Nanoparticles Might One Day Be A Form Of Male Birth Control | LGBTQ-Editor | January 10, 2022 | No Straight NewsTo see why this is important, consider propyplene glycol, which is used to de-ice aircraft.
Fish blood could hold the answer to safer de-icing solutions during snowstorms | By Monika Bleszynski/The Conversation | February 1, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOne key ingredient of the stuff: Propylene glycol, a synthetic liquid that absorbs water.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Propylene glycol is used for a variety of industrial, cosmetic, and food production uses.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe European formula for Fireball has even less: under one gram per kilogram of propylene glycol.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPropylene glycol has been used as the base for fog machine liquids and in nebulizers for decades.
The major point is that we have no studies that show the safety of propylene glycol when inhaled over the long term.
It may also be prepared by oxidizing the trimethylene glycol obtained by the action of hydrobromic acid on allylbromide.
The water formed and the glycol-chlorhydrine distill over and are collected in tubulated receivers.
glycol is heated in a distillery apparatus to 148 C., and a slow current of dry hydrochloric acid passed through it.
On boiling with water, it decomposes into glycol and trimethylamine.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythNo glycollic acid, oxalic acid, glycol, or glycerol was produced.
Alcoholic Fermentation | Arthur Harden
British Dictionary definitions for glycol
/ (ˈɡlaɪkɒl) /
another name (not in technical usage) for ethanediol, diol
Derived forms of glycol
- glycolic or glycollic (ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for glycol
[ glī′kôl′, -kōl′ ]
Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups (OH).
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