Ethanol, wanda aka san shi da tsarin kwayar C2H5OH ko EtOH, bashi da launi, mai haske, mai saurin kamawa da wuta kuma mai saurin canzawa.Ethanol wanda adadinsa ya fi kashi 99.5% ana kiransa ethanol anhydrous. wanda aka fi sani da giya, ruwa ne mai saurin kamawa da wuta, mai canzawa mara launi a yanayin zafin jiki, matsin yanayi, maganinta na ruwa yana da na musamman, mai daɗin ƙamshi, kuma yana ɗan daɗa haushi.Ethanol ba shi da ƙarfi sosai fiye da ruwa kuma yana iya zama mai narkewa a kowane fanni. Mai narkewa a cikin ruwa, methanol, ether da chloroform.Yana iya narkar da mahadi da yawa da wasu mahaukatan kwayoyin.