• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Methanol

Methanol Methyl alcohol; CH4O = 32.04 (67-56-1)

Analytical reagent grade of commerce.

A colourless liquid; boiling point, 64° to 65°; bp2012_v5_46_013_[appendix_i_a]_m_revised_texts_ep7-3 d_20_20.png, 0.791 to 0.793.

When 'methanol' is followed by a percentage figure, an instruction to use methanol diluted with water to produce the specified percentage v/v of methanol is implied.