| LC control no. | sh 98000445 |
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| Topical heading | Ethylene glycol |
| Variant(s) | Dihydroxyethane EG (Chemical) Ethanediol Glycol Hydroxyethanol MEG (Chemical) Monoethylene glycol |
| See also | Ethylene glycols |
| Found in | Work cat.: 95-183146: Ethylene glycol, 1994. MESH browser, Mar. 28, 2006 (Ethylene Glycol. Entry terms: 1,2-Ethanediol, 2-Hydroxyethanol, Monoethylene Glycol. 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.) Hawley's chem. dic. Grant & Hack's chem. dic. Merck. |
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