Talk:Methanol

Uses: Formaldehyde

One of the major uses of methanol is in the production of Formaldehylde which is then used to produce formaldehyde-urea resin glue used to glue plywood plys together, and in chipboard. This needs to be added.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.143.85.35 (talk) 04:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

boiler use?

Is it physically possible for methanol to be used in a boiler?, particularly in a residential apartment building's boiler? Is methanol in fact used in such boilers?, whether rarely or fairly commonly. Any thoughts would be very greatly appreciated. The article appears not to address those questions, and perhaps should. Bo99 (talk) 01:24, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

...as in for steam-powered central heating of a building. Acwilson9 (talk) 04:26, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

What is special about the New Zealand plants for MTG?

re: "The MTG process was once commercialized at Motunui in New Zealand." Is/was the "MTG process" unique to New Zealand? Should the "MTG process" discussion be moved to the "History" section, or possibly delted entirely? —Acwilson9 (talk · contribs) 04:26, 30 September 2021

Units

The section 'Occurrence' has "The mean endogenous methanol in humans of 0.45 g/d".

'g/d' is not a common unit; is it correct or possibly a misprint? If it's correct, is the 'g' grams, and what is the 'd'? 'd' is sometimes 'day', but grams per day is a nonsense here; dl is decalitre, but (a) .45 seems very high; (b) 4.5 g/l would be a better way of saying it; and (c) it doesn't say 'dl', it says 'd'. Nick Barnett (talk) 14:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Toxicity

It's quite toxic but the NFPA field "Health" is if only 1 Should'nt be higher? ~2026-10999-45 (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

The NFPA diamond is for fast identification for emergency responders, and is primarily identification of chemicals/compounds for risks in a chemical spill, rather than chronic effects or consumption. In a chemical spill, fire and reactivity are the gravest dangers of methanol. Drinking it is of least concern in that situation. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 19:33, 18 February 2026 (UTC)