USP grade meets the purity levels set by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). USP grade is equivalent to the ACS grade for many drugs.
Ethanol USP NF
Size
Proof
CAS Number
64-17-5
3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
3DMet B01253
Beilstein Reference
1718733 ChEBI CHEBI:16236
ChEMBL ChEMBL545
ChemSpider 682
DrugBank DB00898
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.526 E number E1510 (additional chemicals) Gmelin Reference
787 IUPHAR/BPS
2299
PubChem CID
702
UNII 3K9958V90M
UN number UN 1170 CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
DTXSID9020584
Chemical formula
C2H6O Molar mass 46.069 g·mol−1 Appearance Colorless liquid Odor Methanol-like[2] Density 0.78945 g/cm3 (at 20 °C)[3] Melting point −114.14 ± 0.03[3] °C (−173.45 ± 0.05 °F; 159.01 ± 0.03 K) Boiling point 78.24 ± 0.09[3] °C (172.83 ± 0.16 °F; 351.39 ± 0.09 K) Solubility in water
Miscible log P −0.18 Vapor pressure 5.95 kPa (at 20 °C) Acidity (pKa) 15.9 (H2O), 29.8 (DMSO)[4][5] Magnetic susceptibility (χ)
−33.60·10−6 cm3/mol Refractive index (nD)
1.3611[3] Viscosity 1.2 mPa·s (at 20 °C), 1.074 mPa·s (at 25 °C)[6] Dipole moment
1.69 D[7]
