methanol

Find Methanol here at SpectrumChemical.com. It comes in many different forms and grades, including Methanol Absolute Reagent ACS, Methanol HPLC Grade, Methanol Anhydrous Reagent, Electronic Grade, and more. Spectrum Chemical has exactly the form and grade of Methanol for your lab needs. Methanol, also known as wood alcohol or methyl alcohol, is produced as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood. It is the catalytic industrial process directly from carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen that produces modern methanol. It is a common laboratory solvent particularly useful for UV/VIS spectroscopy, HPLC, and LCMS due to its low UV cutoff. It is a colorless, light, volatile liquid that smells similar to ethanol. Naturally, methanol is produced in the anaerobic metabolism of several types of bacteria, therefore there is a small amount of methanol vapor in the atmosphere.