Print this map. 1  Name: St Lucia. (long form) Saint Lucia. 2  Capital City: Castries (61,341 pop.) 3  St Lucia Population: 162,781 (2013 est.) 4  World Populations (all countries)  Currency: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) (conversion 1  rates) Ethnicity: Black 82.5%, Mixed 11.9%, East Indian 2.4%, other or unspecified 3.1% (2001 census)
The difference between methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol is that methyl alcohol is wood alcohol, which is poisonous if it's ingested. Ethyl alcohol is grain alcohol. Although it also is dangerous in large amounts, it is the alcohol in alcoholic beverages. Continue Reading.
Isopropyl alcohol is a propanol, or 3-carbon alcohol with the OH on the middle carbon. It is commonly called rubbing alcohol, and is somewhat poisonous. Doctors use isopropyl alcohol to cleanse/sterilize the skin before hypodermic injection, and it is rubbed on as 'rubbing alcohol'. It can also be used to cool someone by rubbing it on and letting it evaporate. Ethanol is 2-carbon alcohol, and called grain alcohol because it is usually made by fermentation of grains.