Grain alcohol or ethyl alcohol are other names for ethanol, which is inflammable and contains no color while also being a slightly toxic chemical compound that gives off a very distinct odor that may remind one of a perfume and is also the alcohol content of alcoholic beverages. Some people may also call it alcohol and it has been known to man from prehistoric times, being used for purposes of intoxication in alcoholic beverages.
Ethanol may be made with the help of biological feed stocks of any variety which contain plenty of sugar or materials that can be transformed to sugar that include starch or cellulose. Other examples of feed stocks containing sugar are sugar beets and sugar cane. After grinding the feedstock, the sugar content can be dissolved and then fed to microbes that draw on it for food and produces ethanol as well as carbon dioxide and it should further be refined to get the exact amount of concentration required. There are several advantages to using ethanol such as it is easy to use as well as handle and can be used to reduce consumption of petroleum and is also good for the environment.
Dates Back 9000 Years Ago
Its history may be traced back 9000 years ago when some traces of it were found in pottery items in the northern parts of mainland China which points to use of alcoholic beverages among Neolithic people of ancient times. Its hydroxyl group enables it to take part in hydrogen bonding and it is a versatile solvent that can be used for dissolving medicines, food flavorings and colorings that are not easily dissolved in water.
Ethanol may be produced as a petrochemical via hydration of ethylene and also for fermentation of sugar with yeast. There is also use for ethanol as industrial feedstock but ethanol is used in alcoholic beverages as well as mostly for fuel which is derived by fermentation. It is basically produced through the fermentation as well as distillation of starch crops that are transformed into plain sugar and common feedstock for this fuel is corn, barley as well as wheat.
Ethanol may be made with the help of biological feed stocks of any variety which contain plenty of sugar or materials that can be transformed to sugar that include starch or cellulose. Other examples of feed stocks containing sugar are sugar beets and sugar cane. After grinding the feedstock, the sugar content can be dissolved and then fed to microbes that draw on it for food and produces ethanol as well as carbon dioxide and it should further be refined to get the exact amount of concentration required.