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Q: Is rubbing alcohol a disinfectant
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What kills on contact?

Rubbing alcohol, Lysol, disinfectant soaps and detergents.


What is rubbing alcohal?

Rubbing alcohol is denatured alcohol or isopropanol in water. It is used as a disinfectant or to sooth aching muscles. Alcohol is also used a cleaning agent.


What type of disinfectant should you use when tagging your goat?

rubbing alcohol works for tattooing


What do teenagers use rubbing alcohol for?

It is used as a disinfectant to get rid of most surface germs.


Can you drink rubbing alcohol as an internal disinfectant?

Do NOT Drink Rubbing Alcohol It can cause blindness. Rubbing alcohol is "isopropyl" alcohol, not the same chemical as grain alcohol, ("ethyl" alcohol). Don't drink it! Rubbing alcohol is POISONOUS to drink!


How do you clean big hoop earrings without tarnishing the metal?

The best way to clean earrings with out tarnishing the metal is by using rubbing alcohol. This will not only clean the earrings, but it also works as a disinfectant. Rubbing alcohol does all this without tarnishing the metal.


Is alcohol an antibiotic?

Alcohol is a disinfectant, not an antibiotic.


Is iodine like rubbing alcohol?

Functionally they do similar things as an disinfectant. Chemically they work differently and are used for various things. Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol/rubbing alcohol) is also used as a fuel for improvised camping/survival stoves while iodine is used in counterfeit bill markers to detect for traces of starch in counterfeit bills.


Does rubbing alcohol have acetone in it?

No, rubbing alcohol has oil and isopropyl alcohol in it.


How are public toilets sanitized?

They are not sanitized well enough so bring your own rubbing alcohol or disinfectant spray and don't sit without covering the seat with toilet paper ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


Does water or rubbing alcohol dissolve the fastest?

Rubbing alcohol evaporates faster than Pepsi.


What is rubbing alcohol made?

It is a mixture of denatured alcohol, water and agents added to make the alcohol unpalatable to drink and sometimes colorants. There are two common types of rubbing alcohol, Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol and Ethyl Alcohol Rubbing Alcohol.