Umm... yest? Hint hint.

"alternative to OIL" Why would we want ethanol instead of OIL/NITR? their properties are basically the same, there's no point adding elements that are effectively duplicates of existing elements. Want a slow-burning liquid? use OIL. Want a highly explosive, fast-burning liquid? use NITR. Want something in between? use LRBD. We really really really don't need more samey explosive liquids, there are enough useless explosives kept there for "posterity" and Ethanol is not different enough from them to merit a new element. The devs really aren't into making tonnes of elements that nobody will use, I mean, the last element they added was suggested more than a year ago: for a new element to get added it needs to be pretty darn good and original, otherwise it just becomes part of the sea of mediocrity that is the Feedback section. TPT is so fun because almost every element has vastly different properties: the only reason for something to be added is for it to enable new experiences for the player that they couldn't have without this element.

Alcohol (ethanol) should have the ability to cool things down as it evaporates. It should also start vaporizing at a low temp. Say 56 c. It would of course turn into GAS but instead of turning into oil when gas condenses, it would turn back onto ethanol. The flame would burn a very light blue and burn hot. Can be diluted with water to lower the burn temp and speed. The way this would work is life. The higher the life, the higher the percentage of ethanol. Anything lower than 20 life will not burn. Will also take a lot more to vaporize when diluted. Diluted ethanol will release WTRV when heated to a temp above 100. Uses would be rockets, cooling, fuel, production plants,etc.

elements have to be new and interesting to get added, just because it exists in real life, doesn't mean it's a good idea to add it to the game.

BTW, Alcohol is the same thing as ethanol. The idea to have it evaporate spontaneously and endothermically (taking in heat) is an interesting one but it doesn't really seem like it would work: what would happen if you had a liquid that just spontaneously releases a bit of gas when it touches anything, cooling down as it goes? it's be like BUBW, but explosive and cryogenic. Realistic evaporation dynamics really don't work in TPT, since it is on such a zoomed-in scale (you can count the number of particles) and it doesn't simulate the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of energy levels. (the game would have to simulate a lot of disparate energy levels rather than one smooth one among particles.)

@minecraft-physics (View Post)

 I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work. It could actually have some interesting uses.

@minecraft-physics (View Post)

 Just so you know, I am 25 years old and have been with the powder toy community for quite some time. I have implemented elements into the game myself and have come up with ideas that later got implemented. As far as Ethanol goes, if you look at my post, I mentioned that it is alcohol. I dont understand how you think most of my suggestions are useless. Making it diluted with watr makes it act like sponge but in liquid form. It also would be the only explosive with adjustable flammability. I have no intentions on this being realistic knowing quite well since I have been in this community for so long that we arent looking for realism here. As far as the evaporation part goes, it would be quite useful in making refrigerators and condensors. As far as it cooling thongs down as it evaporates, it would be quite possible in ambient heat mode.