Alcohol Definition and 158 Threads

I have been trying to help a friend out. She is researching how Antibiotics are affected by alcohol... well ethanol (she is using vodka on her different strains of bacteria). Unfortunately we can only find how drugs like cocaine affect antibiotics. Can anyone suggest any links or have any...

I have looked for months in handbooks, online, in encyclopaedias and so on, tried piecing things together fro mvarious sources, and I still cannot find this. What I basically wish for is a list that tells me what volume a certain mass of a solution of alcohol occupies at 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%...

Hi, Denis is my name. Study chemistry in Germany. Have to know the mechanism of the reoxidation to TPAP by NMO after TPAP has oxidized an alcohol. Could you help me? Thx, Denis

I haven't posted a thread in long time so I guess one wouldn't hurt. Lately, I've been consuming A LOT of alcohol and according to people around me, I've done some strange stuff after my 8th screwdriver: - I worked out a problem in Differential Equations and I worked it out CORRECTLY (and...

People can drink ethanol and not have a problem, but other alcohols like methanol and propanol are very poisonous; why is that?

I was just wondering, and it probably isn't a great, extreme complex question - But does alcohol contain a high or low enzyme reaction rate activity? I know that amylase is not a starch because it comes out negative for Iodine; I know that amylase is not a sugar because it tests negative for...

If you'd be kind enough to answer my qeustion, thanks. I'd like know what are the effects of alcohol on the brain? Permanent and temporary

From the CDC website: During this 10-day period, all members of the household with a SARS patient should carefully follow recommendations for hand hygiene, such as frequent hand washing or the use of alcohol-based hand rubs. In the lab we always have to clean the surfaces to inactivate any...