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Ethyl

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ETHYL, in chemistry, the name given to the alkyl radical CjHj. The compounds containing this radical are treated under other headings; the hydride is better known as ethane, the alcohol, CjHsOH, is the ordinary alcohol of commerce, and the oxide (CjH6)jO is ordinary ether.