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Methanol is widely utilized as a solvent and reagent for numerous chemical reactions. The end products are used in making plastics, paints, adhesives, plywood, construction materials, agrichemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Methanol is used as a reagent in the gas industry, in the production of biodiesel fuel, in the production of petrochemical products, and as a solvent in oil refining. Methanol is also used to fuel cars, trucks, marine vessels, cookstoves, and boilers |
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Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). It is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odor similar to that of ethanol (potable alcohol). |
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Chemicals |