Ethanol (Grain Alcohol)

[dorian579]

I looked through the Hive, but could not find a process for synthesizing ethanol.  Is there such a process that would be possible for the average bee to complete, or is it too costly/complicated for its troubles?  Any well-informed bees care to share?
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[Karl]

Sugar + Yeast?

[sunlight]

I guess it would be better buy some aloholic drink, distill the azeothrope (95.5%) and if you want to make anhydrous ethanol there are procedures with CaO or CaCl2, refluxing and distilling the alocohol again, see Rhodium's page.

[PrimoPyro]

It has too been covered here. Search for stills. There have been many a conversation about alcohol production (as well as several extremely detailed writeups) via a still.

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[terbium]

but could not find a process for synthesizing ethanol.
Why would you want to perform a chemical synthesis of alcohol when 40% grain alcohol (vodka) is so easily available?

[foxy2]

The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual_ToC.html

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[ChemicalSolution]

If it's abs etOh you need you can distill the grain alcohol to obtain 95% etOh and then re-distill with benzene.  The water-benzene-etOH azeotrope distills at 65C and the benzene-etOH azeotrope distills at 68C.

Julia

[goiterjoe]

Alcohol is one of the cheapest solvents you can use if you make it yourself.  Otherwise it costs about 20 times more if you pay the federal taxes on it.
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[Psi_Locybe]

Err... H2SO4 + C2H6?  You'll probably want the H2SO4 around 80/20 with water in favor of acid...

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[terbium]

Err... H2SO4 + C2H6?
Well, I agree with the "Err... ?" part. How are you going to make ethanol from sulfuric acid and ethane? And where are you going to get the ethane?

[Rhodium]

Ethane doesn't work, but ethene does. It is given off by ripening bananas...  

[useeusee]

why not just use everclear with 5% water

[humidbeing]

Why indeed? I just don't see why you could'nt take
MeOh and a/b the Me off replacing it with Et by desire?
 I've done it. Pretty easy. PM Anonym for details.
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