Ethanol, tseem hu ua ethanol, yog ib qho organic compound dav siv nyob rau hauv ntau yam kev lag luam. Cov kua nplaum uas tsis muaj xim tsis muaj pob tshab no muaj toxicity tsawg, thiab cov khoom ntshiab tsis tuaj yeem noj ncaj qha. Txawm li cas los xij, nws cov tshuaj aqueous muaj qhov tshwj xeeb aroma ntawm caw, nrog ib tug me ntsis pungent tsw thiab ib tug me ntsis qab zib saj. Ethanol yog cov nplaim hluav taws kub heev thiab tsim cov khoom tawg ntawm kev sib cuag nrog huab cua. Nws muaj cov solubility zoo heev, tuaj yeem ua rau miscible nrog dej hauv txhua qhov kev faib ua feem, thiab tuaj yeem ua rau miscible nrog cov organic solvents xws li chloroform, ether, methanol, acetone, thiab lwm yam.