There are a large number of formulae for denaturing ethanol. Some use aldehydes; some use methanol. There are several other denaturants, most used in combinations. These denaturants cannot be distilled from ethanol; therefore, denatured alcohol will always be poisonous.


In a message dated 2/19/2005 7:26:25 P.M. Eastern
Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

I think that in the USA ethyl alcohol is denatured by
adding a poisonous aldehyde to it that has a boiling
point a few tenths of a degree different from that of
ethyl alcohol.
   So, you could, basically, hold a bottle of it in
your hand and it would boil?

Dale
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