Is inhaling 95% analytically pure ethanol harmful to health? What is the safe dose?
Of course it is harmful and poisonous. Ethanol is an organic substance, commonly known as alcohol, and its chemical formula is CH3CH2OH(C2H6O or C2H5OH) or EtOH. It is a saturated monohydric alcohol with hydroxyl groups. It is a flammable, volatile, colorless and transparent liquid at normal temperature and pressure, and its aqueous solution has bouquet flavor and slight irritation. It smells of wine, pungent and slightly sweet. The density of ethanol liquid is 0.789 g/cm (20 C), the density of ethanol gas is 1.59kg/m, the boiling point is 78.3℃, and the melting point is-11℃. It is flammable, and its steam can form an explosive mixture with air, which can be mixed with water in any proportion. It is miscible with most organic solvents such as chloroform, ether, methanol and acetone, and its relative density is (D 15.56) 0.85438+06. Ethanol is widely used. It can be used to make acetic acid, beverages, spices, dyes, fuels and so on. Ethanol with a volume fraction of 70%-75% is also a commonly used disinfectant in medical treatment, which is widely used in national defense industry, medical and health care, organic synthesis, food industry and industrial and agricultural production. Ethanol and methyl ether are isomers of each other. Ethanol (English: Ethanol, structural abbreviation: CH3CH2OH) is a kind of alcohol and the main component of wine, so it is also called alcohol, and it is commonly known as fire wine in some places. The chemical formula can also be written as C2H5OH or EtOH, and Et stands for ethyl. Ethanol, which is flammable, is a commonly used fuel, solvent and disinfectant, and is also used to prepare other compounds. Industrial alcohol contains a small amount of methanol. Medical alcohol mainly refers to ethanol with a concentration of about 75%, and also includes other concentrations of alcohol widely used in medicine. Ethanol and methyl ether are isomers. Colorless and transparent liquid with special fragrance (volatile), less dense than water, can be mixed with water in any proportion (generally can not be used as extractant). It is an important solvent, which can dissolve a variety of organic and inorganic substances.