From my perch on the engine cover of a special operations gunboat, I can see the source of this weird racket--someone on one of the other boats gliding down Kentucky's Salt River is firing a minigun into the woods. Every second, hundreds of 7.62 mm bullets pour out of the spinning machine-gun barrels.
Cetyl and stearyl alcohol, both typically used in hair conditioners, work together and separately with other ingredients to make hair softer and silkier after a washing. Fatty alcohols make up part of the base of the conditioner formula.
Video: Using Alcohol as a Disinfectant and Antiseptic. This lesson will discuss how alcohol can be used as a disinfectant and antiseptic but not a sterilant. We'll also talk about what it kills and doesn't kill and why ethyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol are the two most commonly used alcohol-based disinfectants.