Methyl alcohol
Molecular weight: 32.04
Relative density: 0.792 (20/4 ℃)
Melting point: 97.8 ℃
Boiling point: 64.5 ℃
Flash: 12.22 ℃
Spontaneous combustion point: 463.89 ℃
Vapor density: 1.11
Vapor pressure: 13.33 KPa (21.2 ℃ 100 MMHG)
Solubility: it can be mixed with water, ethanol, ethyl ether, benzene, ketone, halogen and many other organic solvents, which can be easily burned by hot, open fire or oxidizer.
The combustion equation is CH3OH + O2 to CO2 + H2O.
Purpose: widely used, it is the basic organic chemical raw materials and high quality fuel.Mainly used in chemical, plastic and other fields, used to produce formaldehyde, acetic acid, chloride methane, ammonia, dimethyl sulfate and so on the many kinds of organic products, pesticide, medicine, one of the important raw materials.Methanol can be used as a new type of clean fuel after processing, adding gasoline to the mix.
Methanol is a colorless, transparent, flammable, volatile liquid that is not corrosive to metal at room temperature (except lead, aluminum), and has a slight alcohol odor.