METHYL ALCOHOL


Meaning of METHYL ALCOHOL in English

Chem.

a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 4 O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde. Also called methanol, wood alcohol, wood spirit .

[ 1840-50 ]

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