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Let’s Explore alcohol!

About Covid 19
Coronavirus disease 2019: a the efficiency
potentially severe, primarily
respiratory illness caused by a of alcohol
coronavirus and characterized
by fever, coughing, and in halting
shortness of breath. In some
people, the disease also
damages major organs, as the
corona virus
heart or kidneys.
spread.

Alcohols
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The molecular formula of Submitted by:
ethanol is C2H6O, indicating
that ethanol contains two Lenilyn F. Gatbunton
carbons and an oxygen. Submitted to:
What is alcohol?
Hand sanitizers labeled as containing the
term “alcohol,” used by itself, are
expected to contain ethanol (also known
as ethyl alcohol). Only two alcohols are
permitted as active ingredients in alcohol-
based hand sanitizers – ethanol (ethyl
alcohol) or isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol How is it
or 2-propanol). And are fairly effective at Is it effective?
eliminating bacteria and viruses on your effective?
skin and on different types of surfaces. In Alcohols are fairly effective
general, ethanol is more powerful. Trusted at eliminating bacteria and Because the use of alcohol-
Source than isopropanol, although it viruses on your skin and on based hand sanitizer
depends on the type of microbe you want different types of surfaces. products has the ability to
to kill. reduce the transmission of
In general, ethanol is more
powerful. Trusted Source respiratory infection.
than isopropanol, although Alcohols kill germs by
it depends on the type of denaturing their proteins
microbe you want to kill. and dissolving their lipids

"prevention is better than cure"

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