What is the use of methanol?

The main application field of methanol is the production of formaldehyde, which can be used to produce adhesives, mainly used in wood processing industry, and secondly used as a treatment agent for molding plastics, coatings, textiles and paper.

Another main use of methanol is to produce acetic acid. The consumption of acetic acid accounts for about 7% of the global demand for methanol, which can produce vinyl acetate, cellulose acetate and acetate. Its demand is closely related to the demand of coatings, adhesives and textiles.

Methylamine can also be made from methanol. Methylamine is an important fatty amine, which can be separated into monomethylamine, dimethylamine and trimethylamine from liquid nitrogen and methanol, and is one of the basic chemical raw materials.