Ethanol, izwi kandi ku izina rya Ethanol, ni uruganda kama rukoreshwa cyane mu nganda zitandukanye. Aya mazi ahindagurika adafite ibara rifite ubumara buke, kandi ibicuruzwa byiza ntibishobora kuribwa muburyo butaziguye. Nyamara, igisubizo cyacyo cyamazi gifite impumuro idasanzwe ya divayi, ifite impumuro nziza kandi uburyohe bworoshye. Ethanol irashya cyane kandi ikora imvange ziturika muguhura numwuka. Ifite imbaraga zidasanzwe, irashobora kuyoborwa namazi murwego urwo arirwo rwose, kandi irashobora kwibeshya hamwe nuruhererekane rwimyunyu ngugu nka chloroform, ether, methanol, acetone, nibindi.