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The acidity of the alcohol corrodes the metal, "eating away" at it.
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Acids, oxygen, water, certain molds, and rust.
Is alcohol a liquid metal?
NO!
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Will 91 % alcohol keep bedbugs away
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That does no change the effects of alcohol.
Why would you want to was your car after driving on salted winter roads?
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Anyway your not suppose drink alcohol while on mrth..... No. Alcohol slows down your metabolism therefore your body does not metabolize methadone as quickly as it would without alcohol. You may feel differently and have differant side effects becasue of the above answer.
When alcohol dissolves in water alcohol is the?
Bit you want to throw away.
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