Date of Award

6-1938

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Herbert Heinrich

Second Advisor

D. J. Keegan

Abstract

Ethylene glycol is a compound of great interest both from a practical and theoretical viewpoint. In its properties it lies midway between ethyl alcohol and glycerol. Several years ago this substance was a scientific curiosity and was produced solely by laboratory methods. At that time it had little commercial value principally because of its scar• city. However, the demand for glycol steadily rose after its many useful properties had become known until today it is a very common chemical staple. Such uses as in a non-freezing dynamite, as an anti-freeze for automobile cooling systems, as a hygrosoopic agent, as a constituent of plastics, and others too numerous to mention, showed the chemical manufacturer the Value in use of glycol and led to an increase in the production of it. Today ethylene glycol finds a variety of uses in many industries and is being used in ever-increasing amounts.

One of the most important uses and a large outlet of ethylene glycol is an anti-freeze in the cooling systems of automobiles. However, there is connected with this large use of glycol one of its greatest wastes.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted To The Faculty Of The College Of Liberal Arts of Marquette University In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Bachelor of Science

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