Methanol And Its Uses

Discovered in the mid 1800’s, Methanol (also known as wood alcohol or methyl alcohol) is the simplest form of alcohol which is a light, colorless and flammable liquid with a distinctive odor which is similar to that of ethanol. Methanol burns with a colorless flame and is a liquid at normal temperature which is why it is used as an anti-freeze, solvent, fuel as well as a denaturant.

Since its discovery, Methanol was put to use in a lot of applications. During the 1970’s, in the event of the world oil crisis, methanol received a lot of attention as a motor fuel in the United States but the demand soon came down when the prices for it went up a couple of years later. Today the most expansive use of Methanol is in the chemical industry where it is being used to make other chemicals such as plastics, paints and explosives. Apart from this, it is also being used in other parts of the world to yield a form of biodiesel. Methanol is also used as an anti-freeze in pipelines and windshield washer fluids in vehicles in the winter. The upcoming application for methanol is in the manufacturing of fuel cells with many small versions of the fuel cell already available today. Methanol is also the choice of fuel for many hikers, because of its ability to burn well from an unpressurized container.

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