Denatured alcohol or methylated spirits is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous, extremely bad tasting, foul smelling or nauseating, to discourage recreational consumption. In some cases it is also dyed. Denatured alcohol is used as a solvent and as fuel for spirit burners and camping stoves. Because of the diversity of industrial uses ...
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Ethyl alcohol rendered unfit for consumption as a beverage by the addition of one or several chemicals for commercial purposes (e.g., sucrose octa-acetate). ... Synonym: industrial methylated spirit, methylated spirit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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ethanol made unfit for human consumption by the addition of substances known as denaturants. Although it should never be taken internally, denatured alcohol is widely used on the skin as a disinfectant.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. ethyl alcohol rendered unfit for consumption as a beverage by the addition of one or several chemicals for commercial purposes (methanol, aldehol, sucrose octa-acetate). Synonyms: industrial methylated spirit, methylated spirit
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Denatured alcohol is methylated spirit adulterated for industrial use with noxious substances making it unfit to drink.
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n] - ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes
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Poison is added to industrial ethanol so that the tax is not charged for industrial usage. See also: Alcohol.
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noun ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes
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alcohol, esp. ethyl alcohol, that has been denatured: used chiefly as a solvent and in chemical synthesis.
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