Q. Wood spirit is:
Answer: Methyl alcohol
Notes: Methanol (CH3OH) is also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits. It acquired the name "wood alcohol" because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood. Modern methanol is produced in a catalytic industrial process directly from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen.

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