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Methyl alcohol   /mˈɛθəl ˈælkəhˌɑl/   Listen
Methyl alcohol

noun
1.
A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol.  Synonyms: methanol, wood alcohol, wood spirit.






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"Methyl alcohol" Quotes from Famous Books



... yellow or red crystalline solids which result from the reduction of nitro or nitroso compounds by heating them with alcoholic potash (preferably using methyl alcohol). They may also be obtained by the oxidation of azo compounds. When reduced (in acid solution) they yield amines; distillation with reduced iron gives azo compounds, and warming with ammonium sulphide gives hydrazo compounds. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 - "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" • Various



Words linked to "Methyl alcohol" :   fuel, alcohol, propenyl alcohol, allyl alcohol



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