[Dailydrool] what is "rubbing" alcohol?

[The Norton Family]

This may help when goin to the store:
 
According to Wikipedia:
 
Rubbing alcohol, USP / B.P. is a liquid prepared the alcohol is very flammible to air and water and used primarily for topical application. It is prepared from a special denatured alcohol solution and contains 97.5-100% by volume of pure, concentrated ethanol (ethyl alcohol)[1]. Individual manufacturers can use their own "formulation standards" in which the ethanol content usually ranges from 70-99% v/v.[2] In the UK the equivalent skin preparation is surgical spirit which is always based on an ethyl alcohol-methyl alcohol mixture. Razi, an Iranian alchemist, chemist, physician and philosopher invented rubbing alcohol (865— 925, Ray, Iran)
 
The article goes on to tell you not to drink it.    The other name used in the US is Isopropyl alcohol and about which Wikipedia says this:
 
Isopropyl alcohol is produced by combining water and propene.[2] There are two processes for achieving this: indirect hydration via the sulfuric acid process and direct hydration. The former process, which can use low-quality propylene, predominates in the USA while the latter process, which requires high-purity propylene, is more commonly used in Europe. These processes give predominantly isopropyl alcohol rather than 1-propanol because the addition of water or sulfuric acid to propylene follows Markovnikov's rule.
 
Note: While I have found most Wikipedia useful, some is not.
 
Hope this helps in France,
 
Bruce (Slave to Sir Tank Norton)
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