Denaturant

A chemical added to industrial ethanol to make it unfit for human consumption (and therefore exempt from beverage-alcohol excise). Indian Standards list pyridine, methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), tertiary butyl alcohol, diethyl phthalate and denatonium benzoate among approved markers.

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Analysis of Methanol, Denaturants and Illicit Liquors

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