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How Ethanol is Produced

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How Ethanol is Produced Ethanol is a colorless volatile flammable liquid C2H5OH that is the intoxicating agent in liquors and is also used as a solvent called ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol (Meriam 1). C2H5OH is the chemistry components of ethanol; this means ethanol is made of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Hydroxide. Starch or sugar-based feedstock, such as corn, have been used to produce ethanol and ethyl alcohol since the beginning ventures into value-added processing (How Ethanol 1). The value-added process means value is added to producing corn because we now have more valuable uses for the grain. Since natural resources are limited, ethanol provides us with an alternate fuel source. The basic steps to produce ethanol have been refined in the past years, which has lead to a highly efficient process (How Ethanol 1). This analysis explains the steps in producing ethanol from corn. The steps for producing ethanol are...

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