ETHYL

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ETHYL , in

chemistry

, the name given to the alkyl

radical

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
)

C2H5. The compounds containing this

radical

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
)

are treated under other headings; the hydride is better known as ethane, the

alcohol

ALCOHOL

, C2H5OH, is the

ordinary

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

alcohol

ALCOHOL

commerce

, and the

oxide

OXIDE

(C2H5)2O is

ordinary

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ether

ETHER, (C2H5)2O

.

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