PSYC 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Soft Drink, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Isopropyl Alcohol
16 Aug 2016
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Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol: methyl alcohol (wood alcohol) Ethanol (the alcohol we drink) o o o. 2-3 drink heavily and someone worries they may have an alcohol problem. 1 heavy drinker will at some point in the future will experience enough problems with o o o alcohol to be called an alcoholic. Toxic to the body (particularly the optic nerve) Beer, wine, and hard liquor, all rely on fermentation for their manufacture. Hard liquor relies on the further process of distillation. Distillation: the process by which the heating a of a fermented mixture increases its alcohol content. Starts when sugar is dissolved in water and exposed to air. The yeast multiplies rapidly by eating the sugar. This is converted to ethanol and carbon dioxide by the yeasts" metabolic. Carbon dioxide bubbles to the top and leaves ethanol. Fermented beverages cannot have an alcohol content higher than 15%
