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fusel oilAlcohol Al"co*hol ([a^]l"k[-o]*h[o^]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool,
formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony,
galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl a powder of
antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was
afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this
powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown
in Arabia. The Sp. word has both meanings. Cf. Alquifou.]
1. An impalpable powder. [Obs.]
2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
3. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit
(called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or
intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or
more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable
quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from
various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine
nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
Note: As used in the U. S. ``Pharmacop[oe]ia,' alcohol
contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 9
per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit)
contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and
54.5 per cent of water.
4. (Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic
alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are
hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical
ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl
forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl
forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc. Fusel oil
Fusel Fu"sel, n., Fusel oil Fu"sel oil [G. fusel bad
liquor.] (Chem.)
A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic
liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an
undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the
higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl
alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.
Meaning of fusel oil from wikipedia
- subjects'
hangover symptoms were lessened,
according to the journal.
Fusel oil and
fusel-
oil acetates are used in the
lacquer industry as high
boiling point...
- the
production of
banana oil, an
ester found in
nature and also
produced as a
flavouring in industry. It is a
common fusel alcohol,
produced as a major...
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formed during deep
frying of corn
oil,
cottonseed oil, trilinolein, and triolein. Butan-1-ol is one of the "
fusel alcohols" (from the
German for "bad...
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fermentation in the
production of
alcoholic beverages and a
constituent of
fusel oil. The
other amyl
alcohols may be
obtained synthetically. Merriam-Webster's...
- the
liquid due to
Tyndall effect of the
colloid emulsion of
residual fusel oil.
Siwucha is one of the
generic Slavic words for a moonshine.[citation...
- 4-9%.
Organoleptic compounds enhance flavor and aroma.
These include fusel oil, methanol, aldehydes,
organic acids and esters.
Production of isoamyl...
- histamines,
fusel oil, esters, furfural, and tannins, many but not all of
which are toxic. One
study in mice
indicates that
fusel oil may have a mitigating...
- CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2OH
Pentanol can be
prepared by
fractional distillation of
fusel oil. To
reduce the use of
fossil fuels,
research is
underway to
develop cost-effective...
- of
distillation is to
capture the
aromatics while removing nearly all
fusel oil. The
resulting profile must be just
right because barrel aging or blending...
- UN
Number class Proper Shipping Name UN 1201 3
Fusel oil UN 1202 3 Gas
oil or
diesel fuel or
heating oil,
light UN 1203 3
Gasoline or
petrol or
motor spirit...
