absolute alcohol

Examples

• All

• In the laboratory, we used pure absolute alcohol to ensure accurate chemical reactions.

• Drinking was increasingly regarded as a severe problem in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when annual absolute alcohol consumption was approximately two gallons per capita.

  Academic text (2008)

• After being thoroughly washed in tap water again, the skulls were kept in absolute alcohol for a night before being transferred to acetone for another night.

  Academic text (2014)

• Here, I have reported frequency as the number of drinks per occasion rather than as the number of ounces (later converted to milliliters) of absolute alcohol.

  Academic text (2001)

• Consumption of alcohol was not generally regarded as a social problem in the United States in the early nineteenth century, when Americans consumed more than seven gallons of absolute alcohol per capita each year.

  Academic text (2008)

• At the curing age of 2 months, the hardened pastes were crushed to less than 2.5 mm in diameter and then immersed in absolute alcohol for 3 days to stop hydration.

  Academic text (2018)

• The samples were preserved in absolute alcohol to prevent any degradation during the study.

• He prepared the solution by dissolving the compound in absolute alcohol before conducting the experiment.

Synonyms

E

ethanol

vsabsolute alcohol

• Specialized

66 4.1

A clear flammable liquid that is the alcohol in drinks and used as a fuel and to dissolve things

is the very pure form with at most one percent water for lab use

S

spirits of wine

vsabsolute alcohol

• Archaic

8.9

Very strong pure alcohol used in labs or for cleaning

is defined by a strict maximum water content of about one percent

E

ethyl alcohol

vsabsolute alcohol

• Specialized

3.5

A clear, flammable liquid used to make drinks like beer and wine and for cleaning and fuel

is specified by very low water content for laboratory and industrial use

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