methanol

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Methanol helps prevent freezing and the accumulation of solid hydrates that can plug gas-compression equipment and limit pipeline flow, and it acts as a solvent and corrosion inhibitor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Methanol and methyl formate had already been observed in the gas phase within the Large Magellanic Cloud, but this is the first evidence that such molecules are also forming in the solid ice itself.

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025

Methanol poisoning has long been a well-known issue across south-east Asia, particularly in the poorer countries along the Mekong river.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

Methanol, a simple alcohol, is also produced during aspartame metabolism, but the amounts are typically small and in line with what one would consume in a normal diet.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023

Methanol can be prepared from carbon monoxide and hydrogen at high temperature and pressure in the presence of a suitable catalyst.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019