lsopropanol -also know, as isopropyl alcohol - is a colourless highly flammable solution with a strong odour. It is used for various purposes at home, as well as for different industrial processes and applications, such as: general disinfectant, hand sanitizer, fuel additive, de-icer, solvent (dissolving alkaloids, gums, natural resins and many oils), and stain removal in various products, such as fabrics, cotton and wood. It is also used in a variety of niche applications, including cosmetics, in paints, inks and resins, pharmaceutical tablets extraction aνd purification Processes, coolant in beer manufacture, coupling agent, polymerisation modifier, synthetic flavouring adjuvant.