Not that it matters, but just for the record Methyllated Spirits is as
follows:
Source "CHEMWATCH 20184"
Methylated Spirits is an S5 schedule poison (like some medications)
but it is NOT a toxic substance. Australia' major producer is CSR Ltd -
Refined Sugars and their product sold as,
* Industrial methylated spirit 95 IMS
* Methylated spirits
* Methylated Spirit, Ordinary & Special
has the following composition.
INGREDIENTS
NAME CAS RN
%
ethanol 64
>95
methyl isobutyl ketone 108-10-1 0.25
denatonium benzoate at 6.6 ppm,
i.e. denatonium benzoate 3734-33-6 0.00066
fluorescein
0.0001
brucine sulfate 4845-99-2 Not
specified
water 7732-18-5
Balance
> >Methylated Spirits actually contains ethanol, not methanol, >along
> >with agents
> to worsen its taste.
>
> Not quite right. Metho is actually about 80-90% ethanol, ~5% methanol
> (hence "methylated sprits") to make the stuff poisonous, a trace of
> pyridine to smell and taste rotten and the rest is water.
>
> Leigh Bunting
> Colonel Light Gardens
> Soth Australia
ANDREW WRIGHT
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