And it can take a little longer for rubbing alcohol to dry than pure ethanol.
The effect of pure ethanol on gastric acid secretion has been investigated by several workers.
The administration report said only 101 of the 176,000 service stations in the United States sell nearly pure ethanol.
A state liquor license would be needed to sell pure ethanol.
The fuel, either as pure ethanol or mixed with gasoline, now accounts for around a third of what goes into gas tanks in Brazil.
If pure ethanol were made cheaply available as a fuel or solvent, people would drink it.
As a less expensive alternative to pure ethanol in preserving biological specimens.
However, industry needs about 1.5 million tonnes of pure ethanol, free from water, each year.
It means that a 78.9% alcohol liquid would be pure meaning only pure ethanol.
And there is no reason you should not add 5% water to your pure ethanol.