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| English name |
Methyl alcohol |
| Alias |
Wood spirit; wood alcohol; wood alcohol; refined methanol; methanol (refined); methanol (anhydrous); anhydrous methanol |
| CAS RN |
67-56-1;170082-17-4 |
| EINECS number |
200-659-6 |
| Molecular formula |
CH4O |
| Molecular weight |
32.04 |
| Dangerous goods sign |
 F:Flammable
 T:Toxic |
| Risk term |
R11 ; R23/24/25 ; R39/23/24/25 ; |
| Security term |
S16 ; S36/37 ; S45 ; S7 ; |
| Physical and chemical properties |
Property Colorless, transparent, flammable and volatile polar liquid. The pure product has a slight smell of ethanol, and the crude product is pungent and unpleasant.
Melting point: -97.8°C;
boiling point: 64.7°C;
relative density: 0.7914;
refractive index: 1.3287;
flash point: 16°C;
solubility; miscible with water, ethanol, ether, benzene, ketones and most other organic solvents. |
| Uses |
Used as basic organic raw material, solvent and antifreeze. Mainly used to make formaldehyde, flavors, dyes, medicine, gunpowder, antifreeze, etc. |
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