Question

What is denatured alcohol?
1. Ethanol
2. Ethanol + Butanol
3. Ethanol + Methanol
4. Methanol + Butanol

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Ethanol + Methanol

The correct answer is Ethanol + Methanol​.

• Ethanol + Methanol​ is denatured alcohol.
• Denatured alcohol is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, foul-smelling, or nauseating to discourage its recreational consumption.
• The term denatured alcohol refers to alcohol products adulterated with toxic and/or bad tasting additives (e.g., methanol, benzene, pyridine, castor oil, gasoline, isopropyl alcohol, and acetone), making it unsuitable for human consumption.
• The most common additive used is methanol (5–10%), giving rise to the term methylated spirits. Denatured alcohol is used as a lower-cost solvent or fuel for home-scale or industrial use.

• Denatured alcohol is ethanol or grain alcohol that contains additional chemicals called denaturants that make it unfit for human consumption.
• Denatured alcohol is fine for some types of lab work and as an ingredient in certain products, but it's not safe to drink.
• Ethanol is an organic chemical compound. It is simple alcohol with the chemical formula C₂H₆O.
• Its formula can be also written as CH₃−CH₂−OH or C₂H₅OH and is often abbreviated as EtOH.

• Alcohol (ethanol or ethyl alcohol) is the ingredient found in beer, wine, and spirits that causes drunkenness.
• Alcohol is formed when yeast ferments (breaks down without oxygen) the sugars in different food.