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Preferred term

Ethylene Glycol  

Type

  • 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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019855

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