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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rubbing alcohol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Rubbing alcohol is recognized as a rubefacient because it evaporates quickly and is used to cool and soothe skin. |
 | | It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable, poisonous liquid that is used as an antifreeze, solvent, fuel, and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol. |
 | | Rubbing alcohol burns with a bright blue flame, which is almost invisible in the light, but visible in the dark. |
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