A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol
Any of a class of organic compounds of the alcohol family in which two hydroxyl groups (OH; see functional group) are attached to different carbon atoms. The term is often used for the simplest of the class, ethylene glycol (1,2-ethanediol). Propylene glycol (1,2-propanediol), much like ethylene glycol but not toxic, is used extensively in foods, cosmetics, and oral hygiene products as a solvent, preservative, and moisture-retaining agent. Other important glycols include 1,3-butanediol and 1,4-butanediol, used as raw materials for plastics and other chemicals; 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol, an insect repellent; and 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol, the raw material of the tranquilizer meprobamate
A co-solvent, combined with water in aqueous (latex) systems to form the total thinner Various glycols perform various functions, however, they are generally valuable as brushing agents and for temperature stability (ethylene glycol is the chief ingredient in anti-freeze) Generically, CH2OHCH2OH General term for dihydric alcohols; ethylene glycol is the most simple of the glycols
Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type
A thick, colourless liquid, C{2}H{4}(OH){2}, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol