How to Use methanol in a Sentence

methanol

noun

• The sealant — not Tri-Kote 26 — was about 80% by weight ethanol and methanol, a very flammable mixture.
  — jsonline.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• This leads the methanol to separate and form droplets within the resin, which form the basis of the pores.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 May 2023
• This could be the start of the methanol revolution, though.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023
• The ruling was the latest setback for the project, which if built would be one of the world's largest methanol plants.
  — Gene Johnson, Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
• Instead of diesel, the engine burns methanol, at a rate of three gallons a minute.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• So there are about 250 new ships that have been ordered that are going to run on methanol.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• Toluene, methanol, acetone and ethyl acetate are all flammable.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde by the liver.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
• Maersk has figured out a couple of ways to make green methanol.
  — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 July 2023
• But methanol can also pose risks if it is inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2020
• Every so often, a ship comes to offload the methanol and take it to a supply center on land.
  — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 6 June 2019
• There, the scientists followed the medieval recipe, soaking the fresh fruit in four liters of methanol and water.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020
• The biggest news was a bar that opened in late 2010 in the heart of Moange-le-Bosquet village, selling a cheap, dangerous mix of methanol and ethanol.
  — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 18 June 2018
• Officials took more than a week to fully unload the methanol before the barge was pulled off the structure.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
• Service reports that the team even soaked every piece of the mass spectrometer in methanol to clean it.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2017
• There's not enough carbon neutral methanol to power the vessels.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 24 Aug. 2021
• All of the products in the FDA's latest methanol update were produced in Mexico.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 8 July 2020
• Tests since the incident have found no sign of methanol in air or water, officials said.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• Outbreaks of methanol poisoning have occurred around the world.
  — Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 19 July 2022
• Inside the body, methanol is metabolized to formaldehyde, then to formic acid.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 June 2020
• The Mandalorian have been recalled over the presence of benzene and methanol.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
• All of the products in the FDA's latest methanol update appear to have been produced in Mexico.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
• But drinking isn’t the only way methanol causes severe harms.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 July 2020
• The yard is expected to start testing the methanol-hydrogen power plant this spring.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2021
• In sunshine, the black membranes would sweat methanol, which would run into tubes that drain into tanks, which would in turn lead to pipelines or tanker trucks.
  — Fred Guterl, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2010
• The company’s order is a major boost for the nascent e-methanol industry.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 24 Aug. 2021
• His creation ignites acetone and methanol, which evaporate in a 3-foot span that becomes the blade.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
• The presence of all three of those chemicals is cause for concern, but methanol is perhaps the most worrying.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
• Years ago, arak was a sketchy Balinese moonshine, and tourists were hesitant to drink it due to instances of people getting sick, going blind, or even dying from methanol poisoning.
  — Kaila Yu, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• Natural gas could also be converted to liquid fuels such as gasoline, ethanol, and methanol, all of which could used by engines capable of working on any blend of gasoline and alcohol.
  — Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024