Alcohols

Alcohol has established its path throughout the world, where it has played an influential role that left its mark on many cultures, groups and civilizations. In the Chemistry world, Alcohol serves to be an organic compound that bears the backbone functional group known as the hydroxyl group (-OH) that allows for many simple Alcohols such as Methanol, Ethanol, to even complex structures structure like Ketones, Glycol, Mannitol and sucrose. With Alcohols wide per capita usage across the world, Lab Alley corroborates the industry’s processes by providing an array of Alcohols, from the simple compounds of Methanol, to the complex structures like Witch Hazel, Glycol and Glycerin.

Ethyl Alcohol, also referred to as Grain Alcohol, or even simple Alcohol, is produced by virtue of a fermentation process or a synthetic route that can be obtained by fractional distillation. Alcoholic fermentation, under normal biological processes, converts sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose into energy that produces Alcohol and carbon dioxide. Since this process occurs through the use of yeast, the presence of oxygen is not necessary. The synthetic pathway to generate Alcohol utilizes a distillation process that separates Alcohol mixtures on their boiling points. The conclusion of this distillation processes yields Anhydrous Alcohol, often referred to Absolute Alcohol, that is intended for many industrial applications. Of the Alcohols produced, the most common Alcohols known to the industry are Ethanol, and Isopropanol. These 2 Alcohols have made a significant name in the industry by their high versatility in the market from serving as a cleaning agent, blending agent in gasoline as an additive, food additives, and antiseptic/antimicrobial agents. Ethanol itself, has adopted the name as “Universal Agent”. At Lab Alley, we provide the highest quality of the common Alcohols, and make them accessible across the nation to our 70,000 customers. By providing you the uses and the specifics of the most common Alcohols, Ethanol and Isopropanol, we aim to eliminate the guess work of your future processes of the common Alcohols.

Ethanol

Ethanol, commonly referred to as the “Universal Agent” is the most common of Alcohols, that is fully explicated, and used in various processes of the industry from beauty and cosmetic, alternative fuel industry, to the likely most common, the beverage and Alcohol industry. Ethanol sold by Lab Alley ranges from Undenatured, to Specially Denatured and proof %’s ranging from 70% to 100%. Lab Alley also commits to serving  many industries, by providing Food Grade, Kosher, Lab Grade, Extraction Grade and USP/NF/FCC Grade. While Ethanol proves itself to be an essential chemical, other chemicals, such as Isopropanol, are distributed by Lab Alley, serving the industry to be a pivotal part of various industrial processes.

Isopropanol (IPA) 

Isopropanol (IPA) is commonly known as Rubbing Alcohol in most cases in society. This common Alcohol made its debut by serving as a natural bactericidal for its ability to kill bacteria. Isopropanol has many other uses in that IPA is a cleaning agent used for eyeglasses, electrical components, and most notably Rubbing Alcohol. 

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