Concept information
Preferred term
Ethylene Glycol
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 1,2 Ethanediol
- 1,2-Ethanediol
- 2 Hydroxyethanol
- 2-Hydroxyethanol
- Glycol, Monoethylene
- Monoethylene Glycol
Note
- ETHYLENE GLYCOLS also available
Scope note
- A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
History note
- 98; use ETHYLENE GLYCOL (NM) 1982-97
In other languages
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019855
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