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Alcohol Is Alcohol Is Alcohol Or Is There Different Types Of Alcohol

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RATTER15 | 17:27 Tue 15th Apr 2014 | Science
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I dont really know what I am talking about here but here goes.

If you were to take a range of different alcoholic drinks and extract the pure alcohol element from them, would the pure alcohol be exactly the same when compared to each other?

Just curious.
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All alcohic drink contain trace amounts of different alcohols eg propanol, 2-propanol, butanol etc. These different alcohols can effect the propensity of alcohol drinks to give you hangovers. The major alcohol present will always be ethanol though.
10:08 Sun 11th May 2014
In effect, yes.
I only know of two types of alcohol: methyl and ethyl. Ethyl alcohol is the stuff you can drink; however, somebody with more scientific knowledge could give you a more precise answer.
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"In effect"? that sounds more like a no.
Yes....it would be C2h5OH.
There are lots of different alcohols from methanol to ethanol to propanol to.....well, lots of them. But all alcoholic drinks contain different amounts of the same alcohol ie ethanol.
And here I always thought it was BEER. I told you somebody with more knowledge would be around to answer:)
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Thanks Sqad.
In effect yes, means Yes. Just slightly less abrupt that the one word.
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thanks SeaJayPea.
well if you drinks meths it has Me-OH in it

ethanol will always be ethanol

I thought hang-overs were due to higher alcohols - but that may be an old theory.
I guess, gingejbee, that your response and mine were just chopped liver; however, that's what ethanol does, right:)
you need to get in with the 'in crowd' stewey, lol.
in not inn, mind. ;-)
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stewey, Move on!!
Not every gets a personal reply but I suspect all posts are appreciated.
For the fifth time.
a) Seems the tech deleted the word "post" from my last post.
b) Why do we still not have an edit facility here :-(
AND
c) how come I've just had to swop browsers and still experienced many times of not being able to post this post, with typing just being thrown away and in IE being logged in but no name top right ? Has 'reality' got it in for me today already ?
Wow ! That one went ! It's a miracle !
deep breaths, og, deep breaths
Yeth, and I'm only thixteen.
lol ;-)

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