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I am not aware of any direct way of producing methanol from methane. The only two ways I know that you can make methanol is by reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen or by the pyrolysis of wood. Almost all the methanol made today is produced by the Syngas method. In it, methane is converted to carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which are then formed into methanol. Researchers are working on a catalyst to directly convert methane to methanol, which is done by inserting one oxygen atom into a methane molecule, between the carbon atom and a hydrogen atom. Their biggest problem right now is the most efficient catalysts work at temperatures high enough to ignite methanol.
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∙ 12y agoMethanol has three purposes in life: fuel, solvent and ingredient in another chemical.
As a fuel, CH3OH combines with O2 to create CO2, usually CO and H2O. Oh, and some heat, which is why you ignited it in the first place.
As a solvent, methanol breaks the bonds between molecules in the substance you want dissolved.
Its use as an ingredient depends on what you're making.
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What compounds are found in methanol?
Methanol is an alcohol and consists of carbon,hydrogen and oxygen its formula is CH3OH
Is methanol a solid?
No, at room temperature methanol is a liquid.
Is Methanol a nonelectrolyte?
Methanol is a nonelectrolyte because it is so weak it is not considered to be an electrolyte. Methanol is too weak to pass on electrons.
Will methanol melt ice?
It depends on the temperature of the methanol. If the methanol is warmer than 32F (0C) it will melt the ice until the methanol reaches 32. Methanol can be less than 32F and still liquid in which case it won't melt the ice. It's about heat transfer not material.
What is the compound formed after plunging a heated copper wire into a methanol?
It depends on what you added to the methanol before you put the heated copper wire into the methanol. The heated copper wire acted as a catalyst to speed up the reaction between the methanol and the other substance. Copper itself does not react with methanol.
How do you separate a mixture of acetone and methanol?
A distillation would probably work pretty well.
What is methanol's shape?
methanol is liquid
What compounds are found in methanol?
Methanol is an alcohol and consists of carbon,hydrogen and oxygen its formula is CH3OH
Is methanol a solid?
No, at room temperature methanol is a liquid.
How does methanol react with water?
Methanol does not react with water.
From ethanol and methanol which is more soluble in water?
Methanol
Is methanol a acid or base?
The methanol is a base not a acid
Density of methanol?
The density of methanol is .7918g/cm3
Symbol for methanol?
there is no "symbol" as such for methanol as it is not an element, it is a compound and a compound is made up of two or more elements. the formula of the compound methanol is CH3OH sometimes this is abreviated to MeOH
How can remove the ammonia from methanol?
assuming it's trace ammonia in lots of methanol, you can probably just heat the methanol to boiling and that should get rid of all the ammonia. molecular sieves (size 3 angstroms) would also probably work. if it's more than a trace amount, you can go for distillation.
How do you prepare formic acid from methanol?
methanol we can get formic acid
What is woods alcohols chemical name?
methanol CHO
