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 Translation for 'methyl alcohol' from English to Spanish
SYNO methanol | methyl alcohol | wood alcohol | ...
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metanol {m}
methyl alcohol
alcohol {m}alcohol
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alcohol {m} etílico
ethyl alcohol
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alcohol {m} coniferílico [C10H12O3]
coniferyl alcohol
alcoholemia {f}alcohol blood level
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Usage Examples English
  • The terminology "methyl alcohol" was created by both chemists from "wood wine".
  • The main additive usually is 10% methanol (methyl alcohol), hence the name "methylated spirits".
  • Most pharmaceutical inks since the early 1990s eliminate ethyl alcohol in favour of faster ink drying times, and may include methyl alcohol and isopropanol in addition to the traditional ingredients titanium dioxide and propylene glycol.
  • Tar, methyl alcohol and acid were distilled into wooden barrels leaving high quality charcoal needed by gunpowder mills to produce improved black powder for the Napoleonic wars.
  • The police registered a case as unnatural death due to the presence of excessive methyl alcohol (a toxic chemical found in illicitly distilled liquor, Arrack) with acetaminophen in Kalabhavan Mani's body.

  • In 1986, twenty-three people died because a fraudulent winemaker in Italy blended toxic methyl alcohol into his low-alcohol wine to increase its alcohol content.
  • The effect is produced by mixing methyl alcohol with a pyrotechnic colorant.
  • There are no tariffs on goods entering Hong Kong, but excise duties are charged on four groups of commodities: hydrocarbon oil, liquor, methyl alcohol and tobacco.
  • George reveals that the liquor bottle which Kent drank from was actually not (ethyl) alcohol but methanol (methyl alcohol) which is poisonous.
  • Methanol is also called "methyl alcohol" or "wood alcohol", the latter because it was formerly produced from the distillation of wood. It is also known by the name "methyl hydrate".

  • The syndrome can also develop after bilateral optic nerve damage due to methyl alcohol poisoning.
  • Early engine coolant antifreeze was methanol (methyl alcohol). Ethylene glycol was developed because its higher boiling point was more compatible with heating systems.
  • Bootlegging is blamed for the alcohol poisoning in Turkey, including the 2011 Turkish Riviera mass alcohol poisoning and causality of at least 67 people to methyl alcohol poisoning in October 2020.
  • Methyl alcohol amblyopia occurs through acute poisoning by methyl alcohol and may lead to complete blindness.
  • The term "methyl" was derived in about 1840 by back-formation from "methylene", and was then applied to describe "methyl alcohol".

  • It is practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in dichloromethane and in dioxan, sparingly soluble in ether and slightly soluble in methyl alcohol.
  • As of the end of 2006, 88 methyl alcohol projects were planned; their total was 48.5 megatons/year.
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