the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline; ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs; neutral spirits
Oil and Gas Field Glossary
Ethyl AlcoholA chemical formed by fermentation or synthesis. used as a raw material in a wide range of industrial and chemical processes.