industrial alcohol
Undrinkable factory spirit
Industrial alcohol is ethanol produced for non-beverage uses—solvents, fuels, antiseptics, and chemical manufacturing.
To avoid beverage taxes and prevent drinking, it's typically denatured with additives that make it undrinkable or toxic: The factory uses industrial alcohol in its cleaning processes.
Also called denatured alcohol.
- ethanolDrinkable volatile spirit
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- disinfectantAgent destroying surface pathogens
- excise taxTax on manufactured goods
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industrial alcoholdrinking alcohol
Ingesting intoxicating beverages
liquor · spirits · distilled spirits · wine · beer
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