TECHNICAL BROCHURE N 555800

CHEMICALS

ALCOHOLS

METHANOL
Also known as methyl alcohol (CH3OH), methanol is obtained by reforming of
natural gas as a combination of carbon oxides and hydrogen.
After synthesized under pressure in a catalytic process, crude methanol is purified by distillation
to chemical grade.
APPLICATIONS
Methyl alcohol or methanol is used to produce formaldehyde (chemical intermediate for the
production of urea-formaldehyde and phenol-formaldehyde resins); to manufacture antifreezes,
mtbe (methyl tert-butyl ether) an important component of fuels for internal combustion engines;
to denature ethyl alcohol, and as solvent for common uses.
SALES SPECIFICATIONS
Analysis
Distillation range (C)
Acetone (wt %)
Alkalinity as NH4OH (wt %)
Acidity as acetic acid (wt %)
Ethanol (wt %)
Carbonizable content
(Pt/Co scale)
Colour (Pt/Co scale)
Methanol (wt %)
Water (wt %)
Permanganate time (minutes)
Density 15 C (g/ml)
Specific gravity (20 C/20 C)
Non volatile residue (mg/100 ml)
Appearance
Hydrocarbons Miscibility on
water
Chlorides (mg/kg)

August 2016

REV. : 14

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Specifications
Max. 1 C
(incl.. 64.6 +/- 0.1)
Max. 0.002
Max. 0.003
Max. 0.003
Max. 0.001

IMPCA 001-14
ASTM D-1614
ASTM D-1613
IMPCA 001-14

Max. 30

ASTM E-346

Max. 5
Min. 99.85
Max. 0.10
Min. 60
Max. 0.7964
Max. 0.7930
Max. 0.8
Clear and free from
suspended matter

ASTM D-1209
IMPCA 001-14
ASTM E-1064
ASTM D-1363
ASTM D-4052
ASTM D-4052
ASTM D-1353

PASS

ASTM D-1722

Max. 0.5

IMPCA 002-98
ASTM D-4045 / ASTM D-5453
/ UOP-987
ASTM E-394

Sulphur (mg/kg)

Max. 0.5

Soluble iron (mg/kg)

Max. 0.1

Methods
ASTM D-1078

IMPCA 003-98