glycol

Examples

• All

• Rugged inline flow meters are suitable for applications using water, water/glycol coolant, and other low-viscosity fluids.

  Academic text (2011)

• We quit heating the glycol to save water and power, so that's not helping.

  Apollo 13 (1995)

• Frequently, water is the barrier fluid, but other substances, such as ethylene glycol or oil, can also be used.

  Academic text (1999)

• Wet seal pump is equipped with a double seal arrangement where the seal is contained in an ethylene glycol reservoir.

  Academic text (1996)

• But propylene glycol works as an additive to your tears, which helps spread across the eye evenly and protect the mucous membranes of the eye.

• The garage's heating system uses glycol to prevent the pipes from freezing during winter.

• Ethylene glycol is commonly added to car radiators as an antifreeze solution.

• Many industrial applications utilize glycol for its properties as a solvent and coolant.

Synonyms

D

dihydric alcohol

vsglycol

• Specialized

7.4

A chemical with two OH groups in each molecule, like ethylene glycol

focuses on common uses like antifreeze or solvent

D

diol

vsglycol

• Specialized

8.5

A chemical that has two OH groups on different carbon atoms

allows two hydroxyl groups without requiring they attach to different carbons

Compounds

E

ethylene glycol

• Specialized

3 7.0

A sweet colorless poisonous liquid used in car antifreeze and to dissolve other substances

P

propylene glycol

• Specialized

1 7.2

A sweet, colorless liquid people use in antifreeze and skin creams to keep them moist

How Effective

glycol

• Specialized

11 7.4

de-icer

4.3

ice melt

• UK

1 3.4

rock salt

5 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology