Chemical Properties of E85. Ethanol is the major component of E85. Ethanol, C2H6O, is ethane with a hydrogen molecule substituted by a hydroxil radical. It is colorless, flammable and a moderately toxic chemical compound that has a unique, perfume-like smell.thanol, before it was used as a main alcoholic drink ingredient, is usually produced through fermentation -- the carbohydrates' presence by specific yeast species when oxygen is not available. Ethanol is deemed as a depressant and a psychoactive drug component of liquors.
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is the amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms in a body of water to break down organic material present in a given water sample at certain temperature over a specific time period. The term also refers to a chemical procedure for determining this amount.
Medical Definition of PED. : a performance enhancing drug : a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or human growth hormone) that is used illicitly especially to improve athletic performance.