DIYChemicals | Methanol Industrial Grade | 1 Gallon (128 fl oz)

Great price

I use this for camp stove fuel... It's not particularly cheap, but I'm grateful it's available. Here in California, denatured alcohol is banned so this stuff works fine as a substitute.

I haven’t tested for purity, so is it anhydrous? Ive no idea. However, I was able to perform both base and acid catalyzed transesterification reactions with s success (not bio fuel, just fixing school glue so its all Polyvinyl Alcohol) From factory, at least half is Polyvinyl Acetate which was the case with both Elmer’s Clear and Amazon Basics clear. For some reason the amazon a glue seems like a cleaner product with less yellow/beige color. I’m using it as an ion exchange resin, where the acetate form is know to exhibit high impedance. I know, must be asking, why not order some pure PVA, right? I did and with a broken heating mantle, there’s absolutely no way to feasibility get pulverous PVA to a consistent viscosity, throughout a given solution without the consistent stirring during heating and I bought the school glue first, under the bad advice of a YouTuber who stated clear glues are PVA and white are PVAc. Oh yeah, we’ll dehydrate some with H2SO4 and Acetic acid evolution begins once the un reacted alcohol vaporizes. I mean SMELLY STUFF!

Excellent product for the price

It's not anhydrous, nor pure. It has almost 10% water, and there's a bunch of visible debris at the bottom of the bottles.

Good stuff, what can you say about methanol?

Product as expected

The product was delivered quickly and is what it says it is. Great for science projects, fuel etc.