when you look at the ingredient lists of products like shower gel, conditioner etc. there are often several types of alcohol included…what’s the difference between these alcohols?

Question

A shower thought of mine haha

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

if you want to know how they’re chemically different, skip this. If you want to know why they’re different but still called alcohol, give this a try.
You’re letting labels and your unfamiliarity with chemistry intimidate you. If these were soft drinks, which you probably have a lot of experience with, you could easily understand the differences. You can probably explain the difference between Coca-Cola, lemonade, Slurpee, tea, and seltzer. They’re all pretty similar, but made slightly different ways. Some are better in certain situations.
Same difference with the alcohols.