{"id":66600,"date":"2025-10-05T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66600"},"modified":"2025-10-05T16:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:07:46","slug":"mono-ethylene-glycol-meg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mono-ethylene-glycol-meg\/","title":{"rendered":"Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mono Ethylene Glycol Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The textile industry has appealed to the government not to levy anti-dumping duty on Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), which is one of the main raw materials used in the production of polyester fibre and filament.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mono Ethylene Glycol<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an<\/span><b> organic compound<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the formula <\/span><b>C2H6O2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>called ethylene glycol or just glycol.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>slightly viscous liquid <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a<\/span><b> clear, colourless appearance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>sweet taste<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that emits <\/span><b>virtually no odour.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s <\/span><b>miscible with water, alcohols, and many other organic compounds.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>produced <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>reaction between water and ethylene oxide.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>hygroscopic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning it can <\/span><b>absorb water from its surroundings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and this property makes it <\/span><b>useful as a dehydrating agent <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in various applications.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEG has a relatively <\/span><b>low toxicity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is considered safe for many industrial and commercial uses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Uses:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEG is most commonly used in the <\/span><b>manufacture of polyester fibre, fabrics, and polyethylene tereph\u00adthalate (PET) resin used for the production of plastic bottles.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other industrial uses are as a<\/span><b> coolant, heat transfer agent, antifreeze,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>hydrate inhibitor in gas pipelines. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/150738\/OPS\/G6MF014PM.1+G67F02J7G.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mono Ethylene Glycol (C2H6O2) is a clear, colorless, slightly viscous liquid with a sweet taste, produced by reacting ethylene oxide with 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