Alcohol

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000992",
  "term": "Alcohol",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "Mixture containing 85 percent or more by volume methanol, ethanol, or other alcohols, in any combination.",
    "1. A group of organic chemical compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The molecules in the series vary in chain length and are composed of a hydrocarbon plus a hydroxyl group. Alcohol includes methanol and ethanol.\n\n2. The family name of a group of organic chemical compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The series of molecules vary in chain length and are composed of a hydrocarbon plus a hydroxyl group; CH(3)-(CH(2))n-OH (e.g., methanol, ethanol, and tertiary butyl alcohol).\n\n3. An organic compound with a carbon bound to a hydroxyl (hydrogen and oxygen, or - OH) group. Examples are methanol, CH3OH, and ethanol, CH3CH2OH."
  ],
  "subject": "Chemical substances",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 600.002 (CFR 2013)",
    "EIADOE; GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus",
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Bioenergy Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/alcohol/"
}