NOUN
- a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
How To Use fusel oil In A Sentence
- During distillation of grain, unless very carefully conducted, considerable amylic alcohol (fusel oil) will pass over with the ethylic, especially if the process be continued too long. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
- It is a liquid, smelling like fusel oil and boiling at 108. 4° C. Methyl ethyl carbinol, C._3·C.2H_5·C.OH, is the secondary alcohol derived from n-butane. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- Acetaldehyde, acetic acid, ethyl acetate and the fusel oils all tend to form azeotropic mixtures with the water and ethanol of the wine.
- Marquardt, [8] like Betelli, extracts the fusel oil from alcohol by means of chloroform, and by oxidation converts it into valeric acid. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882
- The chloroform, which is now free from alcohol and contains all the fusel oil, is treated with a solution of 5 grammes of potassium bichromate in 30 grammes of water and 2 grammes of sulphuric acid, and then heated in a closed flask for six hours on a water bath at 85°. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882
- Included among these compounds are acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, and numerous other esters and fusel oils.
- By oxidation with bichromate of potash and sulphuric acid, fusel oil yields valerianic acid, which is used in medicine, and apple-oil, employed as a flavoring ingredient in confectionery. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants