Eli5: How is the alcohol in sanitizers different than in whiskey?

Question

And if it’s the same then can someone drink sanitizer (a very small portion) and get drunk?

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Answer 1

Also, lab grade ethanol has a small amount of benzene (if I remember right?) to allow the concentration to get above 99%. Every now and then a university student gets the bright idea of watering down lab grade ethanol… only there’s still enough benzene to make a person very ill.

I might have the details mixed up, but the gist is: industrial ethanol often has other stuff in there too. Don’t drink it.