Physicochemical properties
Chemical name: Methanol, or Wood spirit English name: methanol or Methyl Alcohol, Wood Alcohol
Subformula: CH4O Structural formula: CH3OH relative density (water =1) : 0.79
Appearance and properties: colorless clear liquid, pungent odor (alcohol odor) Relative vapor density (air =1) : 1.11
Solubility: soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, ether and other organic solvents
Product use
Methanol is widely used as a basic organic chemical raw material and high quality fuel. Mainly used in fine chemicals, plastics and other fields, used to manufacture formaldehyde, acetic acid, chloromethane, methylamine, dimethyl sulfate and other organic products, is also one of the important raw materials of pesticides, medicine. Methanol can be used as a new type of clean fuel after deep processing, and it can also be mixed with gasoline.