MCQ
Common name for methanol is:
- AVolemitol
- BRubbing alcohol
- CWood spirit
- DXylitol
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Answer
- Wood spirit
Explanation:
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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