Tetradecanol is a colorless thick liquid (heated) with a faint alcohol odor. Solidifies and floats on water. (USCG, 1999)Tetradecan-1-ol is a long-chain fatty alcohol that is tetradecane in which one of the terminal methyl hydrogens is replaced by a hydroxy group It is a long-chain primary fatty alcohol, a fatty alcohol 14:0 and a primary alcohol