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{{Infobox gas
| gas_name = Alcohol
| image = Icon-LiquidAlcohol.png
| heat = 33 J/mol*K <!-- Atmospherics.Mole::GetSpecificHeat -->
| latent_heat = 2000 J/mol <!-- Chemistry.LATENT_HEAT_ETHANOL -->
| minimum_condensation = 6.3 kPa at 231.630843984 K
| max_liquid = 1000 kPa at 423.675171692 K 
| coefficient_a = 9e-20
| coefficient_b = 8.391884446078986
| autoignition_temperature = 400°C
| freezes = 231.630843984 K
| liquid_volume = 58 L/kmol
| enthalpy = 566 kJ/mol
| molar_mass = 46 g/mol
| heat_capacity_ratio = 1.2
| thermal_efficiency = 0 <!-- no idea how you'd be able to fill a gas canister with this, anyway. -->
|evaporation_ratio=1.6176470588235294}}

==Description==
<blockquote><q>Alcohol is a relatively safe and versatile volatile liquid at [[room]] temperatures. When exposed to vacuum it will decompose into [[Methane]] to form a small head [[pressure]].</q><br>
'''- [[Stationpedia]]'''</blockquote>

== Usage ==
Alcohol has the highest enthalpy of combustion per mol of all [[Fuel]]s at 418 kJ/mol, but the high amounts of [[Water|Steam]] generated as combustion byproducts limit its maximum achievable combustion temperature.
<br>It is also relatively safe to be used in a [[Pressure-Fed Liquid Engine]] with [[Nitrous Oxide]] because it autoignites at 150°C.
<br>However, it evaporates into [[Methane]] which autoignites at a lower temperature.

== Combustion ==
*1 mol Alc + 3 mol O2 -> 2 mol CO2 + 2 mol H2O + 566 kJ (Autoignites at 400°C)
*1 mol Alc + 2 mol N2O -> 4 mol N2 + 2 mol H2O + 1132 kJ (Autoignites at 150°C)
*1 mol Alc + 2 mol O3 -> 1 mol CO2 + 3 mol H2O + 1132 kJ (Autoignites at 250°C)

== Sources ==
Alcohol can be obtained by fermenting Crops, Seeds, [[Biomass]] or [[Decayed Food]] in the [[Fermenter]].
{{:Fermenter}}

== Notes ==
* Internal game constants refer to it as Ethanol.

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