Ethanol

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010132",
  "term": "Ethanol",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An alternative automotive fuel derived from grain and corn; usually blended with gasoline to form gasohol.\n\n2. A type of alcohol that can be produced from different forms of biomass, such as agricultural crops. Ethanol can be burned as a fuel, often by blending it with gasoline.\n\n3. Otherwise known as ethyl alcohol, alcohol, or grain spirit. A clear, colorless, flammable oxygenated hydrocarbon with a boiling point of 78.5 degrees Celsius in the anhydrous state. In transportation, ethanol is used as a vehicle fuel by itself (E100), blended with gasoline (E85), or as a gasoline octane enhancer and oxygenate (10 percent concentration).\n\n4. A clear, colorless, flammable oxygenated hydrocarbon with a boiling point of 78.5 degrees Celsius in the anhydrous state. In transportation, ethanol is used as a vehicle fuel by itself (E100), blended with gasoline (E85), or as a gasoline octane enhancer and oxygenate (10 percent concentration).\n\n5. Anhydrous alcohol with molecular formula C2H5OH.\n\n6. Ethanol means a fuel that contains at least 50 percent ethanol (ethyl alcohol, (C2H5OH)) by volume.",
  "abbreviation": "C₂H₅OH",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "Greenhouse Emissions Glossary",
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 92.2 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ethanol/"
}