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CBSE - Chemistry - Carbon and its Compounds

Carbon and its Compounds

Short Answer Type

Intake of small quantity of methanol can be lethal. Comment.

Methanol is oxidized to methanol in liver. Methanal coagulates the cytoplasm in cells; which kills the cells. Methanal also acts on optic nerves and causes blindness. Thus, intake of even small quantity of methanal can be lethal.

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