ALCOHOLATE 



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ALCOHOLS 



colorless liquid, with a faint aromatic odor ; boils at 

 206° ; its sp. gr. at o° is 1.062. It dissolves with 

 difficulty in water, but readily in alcohol and ether. 

 A. deodoratum, deodorized alcohol, containing 92.5 

 per cent, by weight of ethyl-alcohol and 7.5 per cent. 

 of water. A., Dilute, composed of 41 per cent, by 

 weight of ethyl -alcohol. A., Ethyl. See Alcohol. 

 A. of Fermentation, has a disagreeable odor ; boils 

 at 129-130° ; occurs in fusel-oil ; consists mainly of in- 

 active isobutyl carbinol. A., Methyl, CfLO, known 

 as "Wood Spirit." A., Phenic. 'see Acid, Carbolic. 



Alcoholate (al'-ho-hol-at) \al, the; koh' I, finely pow- 

 dered antimony]. I. A chemical compound, as a 

 salt, into which an alcohol enters as a definite con- 

 stituent. 2. A preparation made with alcohol. 



Alcoholature (al-ko-hol' -at-chilr) \_al, the ; koh' I, finely 

 powdered antimony ; Fr. alcoolature~\. An alcoholic 

 tincture, especially one prepared with fresh plants. 



Alcoholic [al-ko-hol'-ik) [al, the ; koh 7, finely pow- 

 dered antimony]. I. Pertaining to, containing, or 

 producing alcohol. 2. One addicted to the use of 

 spirituous drinks. A. Radicals, the name applied to 

 the univalent radicals, C n H 2n 4- v 



Alcohoiica (al-ko-hol'-ik-ah) [al, the ; koh' 1 1, finely 

 powdered antimony]. In pharmacy, alcoholic prepa- 

 rations. 



Alcoholimeter (al-ko-hol-im' -et-er). See Alcoholometer. 



Alcoholimetry (al-ko-hol-im' '-et-re). See Alcoholome- 

 try. 



Alcoholism [al' '-ko-hol-izm) \al, the; koh' I, finely 

 powdered antimony]. The morbid results of exces- 

 sive or prolonged use of alcoholic liquors. The term 

 acute A. has been used as a synonym for inebriety. 

 The chronic form is associated with severe lesions or 

 disturbances of the digestive, respiratory, and nervous 

 systems. 



Alcoholismus {al-ko-hol-iz'-mus). Syn. of Alcoholism. 



Alcoholization {al-ko-hol-iz-a'-shun) [al, the ; koh 1 1, 

 finely powdered antimony]. The art or process of 

 alcoholizing ; the state of being alcoholized ; the pro- 

 duct of the process of alcoholizing. 



Alcoholize (al'-ko-hol-lz) [al, the ; koh' I, finely pow- 

 dered antimony]. 1. To impregnate with or blend 

 with alcohol. 2. To convert into an alcohol. 3. To 

 reduce to a very subtle powder. 



Alcoholometer (al-ko-hol-om' '-et-er) [alcohol ; y.i-pov, a 

 measure]. A hydrometer or other instrument used in 

 determining the percentage of alcohol in any liquid. 



Alcoholometry [al-ko-hol-om' -et-re') [alcohol ; fifrpov, 

 a measure]. The determination of the proportion of 

 alcohol present in any liquid. 



Alcoholophilia (al-ko-hol-o-fil'-e-ah) [alcohol; tyikeeiv, 

 to love]. The appetite for strong drink; a craving 

 for intoxicants. 



Alcohols (al'-ko-holz) [al, the ; koh'l, finely pow- 

 dered antimony], A series of neutral compounds 

 resembling bases exhibiting gradations corresponding 

 to their increase in molecular weight. They are de- 

 rived from the normal hydrocarbons by replacing hy- 

 drogen with the group OH. The lower alcohols are 

 mobile liquids, readily dissolving in water and pos- 

 ing the characteristic alcohol odor; the intermedi- 

 ate members are more oily, and dissolve with difficulty 

 in water; while the higher are crystalline solids with- 

 out odor or taste 'I 'he alcohols resemble the fats, 

 Their boiling points increase gradually (with similar 

 structure) in proportion to the increase of their mo- 

 lecular weights. See Table. A., Diatomic, those 

 formed by replacing two atoms of hydrogen in a 

 hydrocarbon by two molecules of livdroxyl. A., 

 Dibasic. See ,-/., Diatomic. ' A., Dihydric. See 

 Glycols, and Table of Alcohols. A., Divalent. See 



Glycols. A., Hexahydric, alcohols containing six 

 hydroxyl groups attached to six different carbon atoms. 

 They approach the sugars very closely in their proper- 

 ties, having a very sweet taste, but differ from them in 



TABLE OF THE ALCOHOLS. 



1. OF THE FATTY COMPOUNDS. 

 Series i. — Alcohols, CnH2n-fi.OH, 



Series 3,— Unsaturated Alcohols, CnH2a— 3.0H. Acety- 

 lene Series. 



Propargyl, ... .1 C s H 4 I Liquid. ju4-ii5°| 0.9715 at 20° 



7"A<f only known alcohol of this series. 



2. OF THE AROMATIC OR BENZENE SERIES. 

 Series i. — Primary Alcohols. 



