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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 851 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETHYL , in See also:

chemistry, the name given to the alkyl See also:radical C2H5. The compounds containing this radical are treated under other headings; the hydride is better known as ethane, the See also:alcohol, C2H5OH, is the See also:ordinary alcohol of See also:commerce, and the See also:oxide (C2H5)2O is ordinary See also:ether.

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