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Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Methanol

Preferred term

Methanol  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Alcohol, Methyl
  • Alcohol, Wood
  • Carbinol
  • Methyl Alcohol
  • Wood Alcohol

Note

  • for wood alcohol

Scope note

  • A colorless, flammable liquid used in the manufacture of FORMALDEHYDE and ACETIC ACID, in chemical synthesis, antifreeze, and as a solvent. Ingestion of methanol is toxic and may cause blindness.

History note

  • 98;

In other languages

  • metanoli

    Finnish

  • metyylialkoholi
  • puusprii
  • Träsprit

    Swedish

  • Karbinol
  • Metanol
  • Metylalkohol

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000432

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