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.
The scientific name for alcohol that people drink is ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Beer, wine, and liquor all contain ethyl alcohol. Other types of alcohol, like rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol), are poisonous if consumed.ll alcoholic drinks contain alcohol, and all can be just as dangerous. The more alcohol you drink, the more you will be impaired. Beer, wine, and liquor all contain different amounts of alcohol. Beer is between 3% and 5% alcohol; wine is about 12%; and liquor usually is about 40% alcohol.