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What does methanol mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.
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The fuel cell also needs moisture in the electrolyte as well as water at the anode to control the supply of methanol.
In the late '80s and early '90s methanol was the alternative fuel of choice.
There are more than 25 world-scale units exporting principally ammonia, methanol, steel products and, more recently, liquefied natural gas.
In some yeast species, peroxisomes may be induced by growth on methanol, alkanes, fatty acids, and cadmium.
Alcohols, particularly methanol and ethanol, are metabolized to formate and lactate via an aldehyde.
At least 137 people have died in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi after drinking an alcoholic brew laced with methanol.

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