Why is methanol poisonous than ethanol?

No, methanol is more flammable than ethanol.

Ethanol is more volatile than methanol.

Because of its comparatively larger size than methanol ethanol has greater viscosity than methanol.

Methanol is CH3OH, ethanol is CH3CH2OH. Both are alcohols, ethanol has one carbon more (or a CH2 group more) and is less polar than methanol. Also ethanol has higher boiling point than methanol.

No, methyl hydrate is methyl alcohol or methanol a different alcohol which is poisonous in anything like the quantities that people normally drink ethanol. The chemical formula for methanol is CH3OH, that for ethanol C2H5OH.

Methanol is poisonous, it will do more than ruin your kidneys. Ethanol on the other hand, in minor doses can be quite an experience.

Methanol isn't actually poisonous, but the chemicals produced when your body metabolises methanol are. The enzymes that metabolise methanol also metabolise ethanol, but when both are present the ethanol is processed first. Methanol is also removed from the body via the lungs, sweat glands and in urine. Giving ethanol prevents the toxic by products of metabolism whilst these other methods remove the methanol from their system. This treatment only works if given early. It does… Read More

because the desperation forces between the ethanol molecules stronger then the methanol.

No, methanol is not a carcinogen. It is toxic though, as are all alcohols, just methanol is more potent than ethanol or others.

Because polarity of ethanol more close to water.

Between ethanol and methanol, ethanol is more volatile because of its lower molecular weight and boiling point. Methanol is considered to be extremely toxic. Exposure to even small amounts have been known to cause blindness. Methanol is quite volatile and is five times more toxic than any other alternative fuels.

To avoid misuse of ethanol for drinking purpose it is denatured with methanol.

What is the difference between ethanol and methanol as fixative? Ethanol for routine stains of histology but methanol for dried smears like cytology, FNA smears

Methanol is CH3OH while ethanol is C2H5OH. The difference is CH2.

Methanol and ethanol mix together well in part because they both have a low boiling point. Methanol and ethanol mixed together also metabolizes well.

Like any alcoholic beverage, wine contains ethanol. Ethanol is CH3CH2OH. Other alcohols can be poisonous. For example, methanol, CH3OH, causes blindness through ingestion or absorption. Although, it supposedly tastes really good. When you see the solvent "denatured alcohol" at the paint store, it is ethanol with methanol added to discourage people from ingesting it.

Oil's, methanol, ethanol, and isopropyl

You can drink ethanol. If you drink methanol, even a small amount, you will go blind.

By "hand alcohol", do you mean rubbing alcohol? If so, then rubbing alcohol is a mixture of 70% isopropyl alcohol (2-propanol) and water, while drinking alcohol is a mixture of water, ethanol, and various flavorings in varying proportions... vodka, for example, is typically around 50% ethanol. 2-propanol is poisonous. One other type of alcohol that's commonly encountered is "wood alcohol", which is methanol. Methanol is also poisonous. Finally, denatured alcohol is ethanol which has been… Read More

By fractional distillation, methanol boils at about 61 Celsius while ethanol at 78.5 Celsius.

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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'… Read More

Anything that enters your mouth gets broken down into basic products that the body can use for energy - or get rid of. This is called metabolism. Ethanol (alcohol you drink), methanol (same thing as methyl alcohol) (wood alcohol) and ethylene glycol (anti-freeze) are all processed in the same way in the body. Ethylene glycol and methanol when they are processed are broken down into really bad products that are poisonous to the body. Ethanol… Read More

If soluble, then more in methanol, than in ethanol, than in propanol, than in butanol etc.

Methanol has a Boiling point under standard conditions of 64.7 °C, and ethanol of 78.4 °C. You I can boil off vapor and collect Methanol and Ethanol, and use that cooled back down to liquid form and preform a test.

ethanol is used in alcohol

because methal was formed second so there more active

Alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol etc can have hydrogen bonds.

Ethanol (drinking alcohol). Any other forms of alcohol (there are many) can be poisonous to people (particularly methanol). Don't drink alcohol unless you know what kind it is.

Methanol Alcohol at small concentrations helps the plant. Ethanol (the kind that isn't deadly poisonous to humans) is harmful/no effect to the plant. I did this study for a science project.

because methanol on alcoholic fermentation change in formaldehyde which is very poisonous to us effect directly on conciousness

Alum is also soluble (less) in Methanol and Ethanol.

The boiling point of methanol is lower than the boiling point of ethanol.

It is a mixture of two alcohols: ethanol and methanol. <><><> The term Denatured refers to ethyl alcohol that has another substance mixed in that prevents it from being drunk. It may be methanol, unleaded gasoline, or amyl acetate. Denatured alcohol is poisonous to drink, and is used for industrial processes,

The compound is bigger. They all contain -OH branches but propanol has 3 carbons, whereas ethanol has 2 carbons, and methanol has 1 carbon. There are more intermolecular forces which increases boiling points.

Sodium sulfate is practically insoluble in ethanol. But it adsorbs ethanol as well as methanol.

That would be ethanol. That is the only one that is semi-safe for human consumption. Consuming lots of ethanol can still be very dangerous. Methanol and Propanol are two other 'alcohols' with differing chemical structure and they are very poisonous to humans.

Generally the composition is 10 % methanol and 90 % ethanol.

I do believe that since methanol (CH3OH) is a smaller molecule than ethanol (C2H5OH), and alcohol loses its polarity (and its ability to dissolve polar molecules as well as its own miscibility in water, also a polar molecule) at around 5 carbons or so, then it would follow that perhaps methanol is better at grabbing onto those polar compounds you'd like to extract. Ethanol usually works just fine for long term extraction, and provides a… Read More

Methanol causes blindness ...

Yes. Potassium iodide is readily soluble in ethanol and in methanol, the two most common alcohols. The saturation concentration is higher in methanol than in ethanol, i.e., you can dissolve more potassium iodide in the former than in the latter. Potassium iodide-alcohol solutions are widely used in the construction of electrolytic tilt sensors, which require a stable ionic solution for proper operation.

That would be ethanol. That is the only one that is semi-safe for human consumption. Consuming lots of ethanol can still be very dangerous. Methanol and Propanol are two other 'alcohols' with differing chemical structure and they are very poisonous to humans.

Examples: ethanol, methanol, benzene, cyclohexane, toluene, etc.

ethanol Edit- this would be methanol because ethanol is a 2-carbon chain compared to the 1C in ethanol, and therefore has more intermolecular forces. As a result, molecules of ethanol would need more energy to break these intermolecular forces to be in a gaseous phase.

I think alcohol is the general name of the family of: methanol, ethanol, propanol...

Methanol because the longer the side chains the less polar it becomes

Methanol in water, methanol in ethanol, hexane in benzene, etc.

Methanol is found in very trace amounts in alcoholic beverages. It is far more toxic and flammable than ethanol; if used in drinks, it would cause blindness and even death.

Methanol has one carbon atom. Ethanol has two. ********************* Chemical formula of Ethanol: C2H5OH

Methanol and ethanol differ only by one carbon and 2 hydrogens. Both have the hydroxyl group and, thus, have hydrogen bonding and dipole-dipole interactions. What makes them different are their London forces (London forces are directly proportional to the number of electrons in a molecule and molecular size). Since methanol is smaller than ethanol, there is a smaller intermolecular London force. Less force holing the molecules together means they're easier to be pulled apart, which… Read More