MCQ
Common name for methanol is:
- AVolemitol
- BRubbing alcohol
- ✓Wood spirit
- DXylitol
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Wood spirit
Methanol acquired the name "wood spirit" because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood.
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