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methyl alcohol

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methyl alcohol: see methanol methanol, methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol, CH3OH, a colorless, flammable liquid that is miscible with water in all proportions. Methanol is a monohydric alcohol. It melts at −97.
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methanol

 or methyl alcohol or wood alcohol

Simplest of the alcohols, chemical formula CH3OH. Once produced by destructive distillation of wood, it is now usually made from the methane in natural gas. Methanol is an important industrial material; its derivatives are used in great quantities for making a vast number of compounds, among them many important synthetic dyes, resins, drugs, and perfumes. It is also used in automotive antifreezes, in rocket fuels, and as a solvent. It is flammable and explosive. A clean-burning fuel, it may substitute (at least in part) for gasoline. It is also used for denaturation of ethanol. A violent poison, it causes blindness and eventually death when drunk.

methyl alcohol [′meth·əl ′al·kə‚hȯl]
(organic chemistry)
CH3OH A colorless, toxic, flammable liquid, boiling at 64.5°C, miscible with water, ether, alcohol; used in manufacture of formaldehyde, chemical synthesis, antifreeze for autos, and as a solvent. Also known as methanol; wood alcohol.
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Byline: ANI Ahmedabad, July 13 (ANI): The hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad was caused by the mixing of a huge quantity of methyl alcohol with the spurious liquor, doctors have said.
Methanol in spurious liquor led to Ahmedabad hooch tragedy by Asian News International
Inspections at hotels in Antalya this year detected 29 out-of-standard samples, including three that contained the deadly methyl alcohol substance blamed for the 11 deaths since March 21, it said.
Bootleg alcohol kills 11 in Turkey by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The illegal batch of alcohol, which is much cheaper than legal alcohol, may have been laced with methyl alcohol or pesticides.
International corner--news around the world by Feliciano, Ray / The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)
 
 
 
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