Methanol or Methyl alcohol or Carbinol
Product Overview & Quality
- Product Name: Methanol or Methyl alcohol or Carbinol
- Brand: RCI LABSCAN (Product Code: LA-AR1115-P2.5L)
- Grade: Analytical Reagent (AR Grade) featuring an exceptionally high premium purity of 99.9 percent. Processed under highly sophisticated purification and distillation protocols in strict compliance with RCI LABSCAN global laboratory quality parameters. It maintains extremely low ppm levels of water content, non-volatile matter, free acidity, and ketones/aldehydes. This highly refined profile guarantees clear baselines, eliminates potential side reactions, and delivers excellent testing reliability for quantitative chemical matrices.
- Physical Properties: Clear, colorless, highly volatile, non-viscous liquid with a distinctive, characteristic faint alcoholic odor. It is highly flammable and burns with a dim blue, nearly invisible flame in daylight.
- Solubility: Completely miscible in all proportions with water and common organic solvents including ethanol, ether, acetone, and chloroform.
- Key Use: Heavily utilized as a primary polar solvent for extracting and isolating active target compounds, natural products, phytochemical complexes, and pesticide residues in analytical research laboratories. Commonly applied as a clean solvent baseline for formulating primary reference standards and performing volumetric dilutions. Used as an essential mobile phase component in thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and column chromatography workflows, and functions as a core reactant or reaction solvent in advanced organic chemical synthesis.
Safety & Hazards (Critical & Highly Toxic)
- Classification: Highly flammable liquid and vapor. Toxic if swallowed. Toxic in contact with skin. Toxic if inhaled. Causes damage to organs (Optic nerve and Central nervous system).
- Health Risks: Direct eye contact triggers immediate stinging irritation, watering, and temporary redness. Dermal exposure induces skin defatting, leading to dry discomfort, and the chemical is readily absorbed through intact skin tissues. Inhalation of volatile vapors or ingestion delivers severe acute systemic toxicity; metabolic biotransformation converts methanol into formic acid, which directly targets and destroys mammalian optic nerves, causing permanent blindness. Symptoms include acute headaches, dizziness, severe nausea, vomiting, metabolic acidosis, unconsciousness, or fatal respiratory arrest.
- First Aid Measures: Flush affected eyes or skin immediately with plenty of flowing water for at least 15 minutes while removing contaminated garments. If vapors are inhaled, promptly move the victim to fresh air. Seek immediate, urgent medical emergency evaluation.
Handling & Storage
- Storage: Highly Flammable and Acutely Toxic Solvent. Volatile vapors can migrate easily and form explosive mixtures with air. Must be stored in its original, tightly sealed RCI LABSCAN chemical-grade plastic container inside a dedicated safety cabinet for flammable liquids. Keep in a cool, dry, and excellently ventilated zone at stable room temperature (below 30 degrees Celsius). Keep strictly isolated from open flames, sparks, hot surfaces, direct sunlight, and strong oxidizing agents.
- Precautions: Comprehensive specialized PPE is mandatory, including chemical-resistant gloves, splash-proof safety goggles, a protective lab coat, and an organic vapor respirator. Handle exclusively and strictly within a properly functioning laboratory fume hood to prevent vapor exposure or accidental inhalation.
