Re: Does burning methanol create carbon monoxide?
More info from the EPA...<br /><br />"Description:<br /><br />Methanol (C.A.S. 67-56-1), also known as methyl alcohol, is a clear, colorless liquid with a pungent odor at ambient temperatures. First discovered in the late 1600s, methanol has been called wood alcohol because it was obtained commercially from the destructive distillation of wood for more than a century. True wood alcohol contained more contaminants, including acetone and acetic acid, than the chemical-grade methanol available today.<br /><br />For many years the largest use for methanol (about 50 percent of all produced) was as a feedstock in the production of formaldehyde. It is now also used in the production of acetic acid; methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and oxinol, which are used to improve gasoline octane; and other chemical intermediates. Methanol is also used as a solvent and in the production of single-cell protein, which is used as animal feed additives replacing such supplements as powdered milk, soybean meal, and fish meal.<br /><br />Chemical properties:<br /><br />Methanol is a fire hazard, exploding or flaming when exposed to heat, flame, or oxidizers. It produces poisonous gases, including formaldehyde, in fire. It is incompatible with beryllium dihydride, chloroform, cyanuric chloride, metals, oxidants, and potassium tert-butoxide. It has a slight alcoholic odor when pure; crude material may have a repulsive pungent odor. Methanol is highly soluble in water.<br /><br />Synonyms for methanol are methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood spirits, columbian spirits, colonial spirit, methyl hydroxide, monohydroxymethane, pyroxylic spirit, and wood naphtha."
