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How much volume of ethanol and methanol can be used to mix to make cm of mentholated spirit and thereafter?
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What is the weight of ethanol a spirit burner?
~50 ml of ethanol (~50 grams) is enough to cook ~2 liters of water at sea level in ~30 min using a Trangia stove.
How do you prepare 1M ethanol?
You take 1 mol = 46 gram of pure alcohol (or equivalent 46 * [100 / masspercentage] of diluted) and add it up with water while stirring to make it 1 Litre.[Roughly you'd have to take 60 mL 96% ethanol (this is commercially available, don't use denaturated spirit!) and fill up to 1 L.]
What are the properties of Ethanol?
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and in thermometers. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol. Important physical and chemical properties are listed.Physical PropertiesEthanol or ethyl alcohol is a colourless liquid with a characteristic smell called alcoholic smell.It boils at 351 K (78°C).It is neutral towards litmus.Ethanol is highly soluble or miscible with water. The two can mix with any proportion. A solution containing 95% alcohol and 5% water is called rectified spirit. Completely pure or 100% alcohol is called absolute alcohol.Chemical PropertiesCombustion: Ethanol is highly volatile and combustible liquid. When a flame is bought in its contacts, it immediately catches fire and burns with a blue flame. the products of combustion of ethanol are carbon dioxide and water. C2H5OH(l) + 3O2(g) -----> 2CO2(g) + 3H2O.Reaction with sodium metal: Ethanol reacts with sodium metal to form sodium ethoxide. Hydrogen gas is also evolved in the reaction It is accompanied by brisk effervescence. 2C2H5OH(l) + 2Na(s) -----> 2C2H5OHNa(l) + H2(g). Hydrogen gas is always evolved when an alcohol is reacted with a dry piece of sodium metal. Potassium metal also reacts in the same manner.
What did the Subarctic believe in?
The subarctic believed in the creationist theory which states that a creator made the earth. They also believed that there were animal spirits. And that they should honor the spirit for letting them kill the spirit's body
What is the fifth element after air earth fire and water?
Quintessence or spirit.
What composition of methanol and ethanol should be used to make methylated spirit without using violet dye and pyridine?
Generally the composition is 10 % methanol and 90 % ethanol.
What are the ingredients of surgical spirit?
methanol, ethanol, wintergreen oil, idoform, and castor oil
Are methylated spirits a compound?
Methylated spirit is Ethanol and Methanol Ethyl Alcohol and Methyl Alcohol Which are organic Ethanol contains Carbon , Oxygen and Hydrogen and methanol Contains Carbon , Oxygen and Hydrogen the both alcohols are chemical compounds
Is isopropyl alcohol the same as surgical spirit?
No. White spirit is a turpentine substitute used for thinning paint or cleaning paint brushes or rollers. Surgical spirit is a mixture of ethanol, methanol (to make it undrinkable) and sometimes oil of wintergreen or methyl salicylate. On a similar note, methylated spirit is similar to surgical spirit but contains pyridine as well as methanol and a purple dye to make it undrinkable. It is used as a cleaner and a fuel.
What is denatured alcohol?
Methylated spirit or denatured alcohol is ethanol which has been rendered toxic or otherwise undrinkable, and in some cases dyed. It is used for purposes such as fuel for spirit burners and camping stoves, and as a solvent. Traditionally, the main additive was 10% methanol, which gave rise to its name. There are diverse industrial uses for ethanol, and therefore literally hundreds of recipes for denaturing ethanol. Typical additives are methanol, isopropanol, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, denatonium, and even (uncommonly) aviation gasoline.
Can you buy surgical spirit in France and where?
You can buy alcohol for household use (alcool ménager or alcool à brûler) at any supermarket. It will be a mixture of 80% ethanol and 20% methanol. Alcool ménager is marginally less flammable, and often perfumed.US rubbing alcohol is 100% ethanol. If you want to use it medically, buy 'ethanol 90%' from a Pharmacie.
What is the most suitable investigation question to investigate evaporation using distilled water ethanol acetone and methylated spirit?
The first investigation question is, why are you comparing the evaporation rates of ethanol and methylated spirit? One of the most important things to know about methylated spirit is it's made so it can't be demethylated. This for several reasons, largely because alcohol beverage taxes are not levied on methylated spirit as they are on drinkable ethanol; if you could demethylate spirit then people would never buy booze, they'd just buy methylated spirit and fix it. One of their safeguards is to use an agent that evaporates at the same rate as ethanol (methanol, usually, which is where the name used in England comes from). This keeps people from distilling it.
What things are put in alcohol to make you drunk?
Alcoholic spirits ... It's the fermenting process that actually creates the level of alcohol in those beverages. ---------------- The chemical produced by fermentation of sugar is C2H5OH commonly known as Ethanol (or surgical spirit). This is the chemical that makes you drunk and if taken in excess, over a period of time, it will damage your liver. However, Ethanol is just one of the types of compound called Alcohols (they all have an - 'OH' group) another readily available Alcohol is CH3OH commonly called Methanol (or methylated spirit). Methanol is more poisonous than Ethanol which is why it is dyed purple when sold. Home made 'moonshine' is frequently a mixture of Ethanol and Methanol.
What can you use in a spirit burner that does not smell?
Most of the hydrocarbons used in spirit burners are very aromatic not least because a spirit burner does not allow for complete combustion of longer chained molecules such as petrol or paraffin.If you were to use a smaller chained fuel such as methanol or ethanol there will be more complete combustion and less aromatic waste produced.
Is spirit an antiseptic?
The term "spirits" can refer to ethanol or beverages containing ethanol, and yes, ethanol is an antiseptic.
Why does your hand feel cold when you drop methylated spirit on it?
methylated spirit is in fact methanol added to ethanol (usually 10% methanol is used). The liquid evaporates which means that the liquid converts to a gaseous state. This process requires energy which it extracts from your body in the form of heat. This same process cools you down when you sweat. The reason that spirits feel colder than say room temperature water is that the boiling point of alcohol is much lower than water(about 78 degrees C for ethanol and 100 degrees C for water). This means that at room temperature the partial pressure of ethanol is higher which means more of it is evaporating from your skin than water, requiring more energy(which makes your hand feel cold).
Does Methylated spirit leave a residue?
It shouldn't, if it really is methylated spirit (a mixture of methanol and ethanol). However, some people... unfortunately very likely the same ones who tend to call it "methylated spirit" instead of "denatured alcohol", or even better give an actual formula... use the term generically for any denatured alcohol, including those that do leave a residue.
