Kenya Chemical is one of the leading Methanol Exporters, Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Producers in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Malindi, and Nairobi Kenya. We are supplied to various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, chemical, Animal feed additive, Food additive, Agrochemical, Fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, Minerals, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.
Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, amongst other names, is a chemical and the simplest alcohol, with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated MeOH). It is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odour similar to that of ethanol (potable alcohol). A polar solvent, methanol acquired the name wood alcohol because it was once produced chiefly by the destructive distillation of wood. Today, methanol is mainly produced industrially by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide.
Product information
Product Name Methanol
CAS Number 67 56 1
Molecular Formula CH4O
Molecular Weight 32.04
EINECS Number 200-659-6
Color colorless
Form liquid
Other names
Carbinol
Columbian spirits
Hydroxymethane
MeOH
Methyl alcohol
Methyl hydroxide
Methylic alcohol
Methylol
Methylene hydrate
Pyroligneous spirit
Wood alcohol
Wood naphtha
Wood spirit
Methanol is widely used, it's a basic organic chemical raw material and high-quality fuel. Mainly used in fine chemicals, plastics, and also other fields. It can be used to synthesize many organic products, such as formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl chloride, methyl ammonia, sulfuric acid dimethyl ester, and so on, it is also one of the important raw materials for pesticides and medicines. It can be used as a new type of clean fuel after deep processing, usually also added to gasoline in combination.
Product Use
One of the basic organic ingredients. Mainly used in the manufacture of formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl chloride, methylamine, dimethyl sulfate, and other organic products. It is also the raw material of pesticides (insecticides, acaricides), medicine (sulfonamides, gentamycin, etc.), and one of the raw materials of synthesis of dimethyl terephthalate, methyl methacrylate, and methyl acrylate. It is also an important solvent and can be mixed with gasoline as an alternative fuel. Since the 1980s, methanol has been used in the production of gasoline octane additive methyl-tert-butyl ether, methanol gasoline, methanol fuel, and methanol protein, which has greatly promoted the development and market demand of methanol production.
Other chemicals
Methanol is the precursor to most simple methylamines, methyl halides, and methyl ethers. Methyl esters are produced from methanol, including the transesterification of fats and the production of biodiesel via transesterification.
In some wastewater treatment plants, a small amount of methanol is added to wastewater to provide a carbon food source for the denitrifying bacteria, which convert nitrates to nitrogen gas and reduce the nitrification of sensitive aquifers.
Methanol is used as a destaining agent in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Methanol is also a widely used fuel in camping and boating stoves. Methanol burns well in an unpressurized burner, so alcohol stoves are often very simple, sometimes little more than a cup to hold fuel. This lack of complexity makes them a favorite of hikers who spend extended time in the wilderness. Similarly, the alcohol can be gelled to reduce the risk of leaking or spilling, as with the brand "Sterno".
Methanol is mixed with water and injected into high-performance diesel and gasoline engines for an increase of power and a decrease in intake air temperature in a process known as water-methanol injection.
Uses of Methanol (CH3OH)
It is used in polymers after getting converted to formaldehyde.
It is used to produce hydrocarbons.
It is used as a precursor for methyl ethers, methylamines, and methyl halides.
It is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
It is an excellent energy carrier.
It is used in wastewater plants.
It is used as fuel in boating stoves and camping.
It is used as an antifreeze.
It is used in the synthesis of chemicals.
Pure methanol is used in the manufacture of perfumes, resins, and pharmaceuticals.
Uses of Methanol
Methanol is widely used in the production of acetic acid and formaldehyde.
In order to discourage the recreational consumption of ethanol, methanol is often added to it as a denaturant.
This compound is also used as an antifreeze (an additive that is used to lower the freezing point of a liquid) in many pipelines.
It is also used in sewage treatment plants since it serves as a carbon-based food source for denitrifying bacteria.
The polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) technique involves the use of methanol as a destaining agent.
A mixture of water and methanol is used in high-performance engines in order to increase power.
Methanol is used in the production of hydrocarbons, olefins, and some aromatic compounds.
It is also used in the production of methyl esters and methylamines.
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