Antifreeze is a "must have" in an Albertan winter because it helps keep your vehicle engine from freezing in cold temperatures.

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Antifreeze is a "must have" in an Albertan winter because it helps keep your vehicle engine from freezing in cold temperatures.

Products such as antifreeze are composed of organic compounds that are classified as
a. alcohols

b. Esters

c. Carboxylic acids

d. Halogenated hydrocarbons

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Natasha_Volkova [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-04T02:48:23+03:00

Products such as antifreeze are composed of organic compounds that are classified as <em>alcohols</em>. (a)

Maybe those other classes of chemicals also lower the freezing temperature of water, just like alcohol does. I don't know. But alcohol is what's used to make anti-freeze. I'm guessing alcohol must be cheaper, less toxic, and less corrosive inside the engines' cooling systems than any of that other stuff is.