Methylated spirits also called denatured alcohol, is alcohol (60-90% ethanol, propanol, or isopropanol) that has additives to make it poisonous, bad tasting, foul smelling or nauseating and render it unsuitable for recreational drinking. In some cases it is also purple-dyed with methyl violet.
The main additive has traditionally been 10% methanol, giving rise to the term "methylated spirits". Methanol, is responsible for most of the deadly toxic effects of methylated spirits (metabolic acidosis, brain injury, blindness, cardiovascular instability, and death).
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