a clear colourless syrupy soluble liquid substance, used as an antifreeze and solvent. Formula: CH2OHCH2OH
Also called: glycol, ethylene glycol
Word origin
C20: from ethane + di-1 + -ol1
Examples of 'ethanediol' in a sentence
ethanediol
This improved the charge transport compared with that for the typical 1,2-ethanediol (ethylene glycol) used in earlier studies.
Byung Gi Kim, Woongsik Jang, Dong Hwan Wang 2018, 'Facile NiOx Sol-Gel Synthesis Depending on Chain Length of Various Solventswithout Catalyst for Efficient Hole Charge Transfer in Perovskite Solar Cells', Polymershttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/11/1227. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Essential oil chemotype was modified from γ-terpinene/1-phenyl-1,2 ethanediol in control to γ-terpinene/β-pinene in salt stressed plants.
Iness Bettaieb Rebey, Soumaya Bourgou, Fatma Zohra Rahali, Kamel Msaada, Riadh Ksouri,Brahim Marzouk 2017, 'Relation between salt tolerance and biochemical changes in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)seeds', Journal of Food and Drug Analysishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1021949816301326. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)