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No, this isn't some boujie new type of party drink. Isopropylalcohol has a far more mundane purpose.

Isopropyl alcohol may sound familiar to some working in certain industries. The rubbing alcohol is commonly found in a variety of industrial and household chemicals. It is also a common ingredient in chemicals such as antiseptics, disinfectants, and detergents.

But why is the internet scrambling to find isopropyl alcohol, I hear you ask? Coronavirus.

Coronavirus hysteria has taken off in a big way, to the point where people are now looking to create their own hand sanitisers, as their local supermarkets and chemists have been cleared out.

Here's the lowdown on isopropyl alcohol.

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What is isopropyl alcohol?

Isopropyl alcohol is rubbing alcohol. And if you don't know what either of these terms mean, you probably shouldn't be using them!

Primary alcohol is ethanol, which is the key alcohol present in beer, wine, spirits. You know, the thing you'd drink at parties and such; that kind of alcohol.

Isopropyl alcohol is a secondary alcohol and can be used as a disinfectant or an antiseptic. But should only be used with extreme caution.

Isopropyl alcohol as a hand sanitiser

Due to concerns over coronavirus, everyone is stocking up on face masks and hand sanitiser to halt the spread of the virus. But it has lead to a shortage in provisions thanks to the increasing demand.

In response to the short supplies of hand sanitiser, many have revealed the secret to making it from scratch.

Combine in a bowl:
⅔-cup rubbing alcohol (99% isopropyl alcohol)
⅓-cup aloe vera gel.
Stir. Decant into a clean soap or pump bottle.
That's it, that's the recipe. Originates with a 2019 post by biomedical PhD @azareal: https://t.co/nmxCOfqojL

The main requirement is that the alcohol used is at least 60% pure; this is what works as a disinfectant.

Where to buy isopropyl alcohol

Plenty of pharmacies stock isopropyl alcohol, in a variety of percentages, either 70% or more than 90%. Spider carnage action figure. However, there's a hitch. For pharmacies such as Lloyds, you will need a prescription to get your hands on isopropyl alcohol.

There are other ways around it though.

You can buy isopropyl alcohol on Amazon and other online retailers.

So far, major pharmacies such as Boots have had their entire stock of surgical spirit wiped, thanks to people making their own hand sanitiser. Surgical spirit is 90% ethanol, so can be used in the same way as isopropyl alcohol. Superdrug still stocks surgical spirit.

Now, some pharmacists have taken it into their own hands and have started making their own hand sanitiser with the above formula. It's the only place you can get your hands on it, unless you make it yourself!

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Chemical Identification and Properties

• Boiling point: 172.4-176 °F (78-80 °C)
• Flash point: 59-68 °F (15-20 °C) Closed Cup
• Vapor pressure: 59.5 hPa (for 100% ethanol)
• CAS Number: 64-17-5 (Ethyl Alcohol)
  
• CAS Number: 7732-18-5 (Water)

Product Specifications

What's in the Box

• Fiber Box
• 4 - Poly Gallon Bottles

Requirements to Buy

• Shipments may be made with payment of tax, against your Industrial Alcohol User Permit or as a transfer in bond from our DSP to yours. The requirements for each type of shipment are as follows:

• Cannot be used for beverage or re-packaged/processed in its pure form for resale (includes re-labelling - refer to our disclaimer). First Purchase Order must clearly show the Excise Tax amount for product requested ($13.34 per proof gallon). Taxes are collected and remitted to the US Government by Greenfield Global USA, as required by a Distilled Spirits Plant (DSP) making taxable removals.

• Permit issued by TTB must be in good standing and have a sufficient proof gallon limit to cover your orders for the entire calendar year. Upon placing your first order, you must provide us with a copy of the permit - signed, dated, and marked 'COPY.' We will only be able to ship to the physical address that's listed on your permit (or any attached list of approved addresses). Each purchase order submitted to us must also explicitly state what your permit number is and that it's valid. We should be made aware of any subsequent amendments to your permit if you continue to order from us. Any shipments that exceed your annual limit will be assessed excise tax at your request, or you can choose to wait and have you permit limit increased. Please see the TTB's site on Tax Free Alcohol for more details: https://ttb.gov/industrial/taxfree_alcohol.shtml

• If you are a DSP that wishes to transfer spirts from our bonded premise to yours, an approved 5100.16 Application for Transfer of Spirits in Bond form must be provided. We can only ship to whatever address is listed on the approval. We will not be able to process any orders that are in excess of the proof gallon limit you are provided with - that limit is based on your operations bond coverage and should be used to determine the maximum proof gallons you can collectively have in your inventory and/or in transit to your DSP at any given time. If you are claiming the PATH Act bond waiver, you are given an total annual limit of 3,703.7 proof gallons, calculated from the $50,000 worth of coverage the government is allowing.

Product Documentation

Typical Lead Time

• 3 business days