Additional Information
- CAS number
- 57-55-6
- Chemical nature
- CH3CHOHCH2OH
- Applications
- the plastics industry for the manufacture of polyester fibers and alkyd resins
- the preparation of body-care surfactants
- a main ingredient in automobile antifreeze and engine-cooling liquids and in brake and hydraulic fluids
- Advantages
- low freezing point, involatility, low corrosive activity, less toxic than ethylene glycol