Why won’t denatured alcohol act as a sanitizer?
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It is the main (and the only “active”) ingredient of sanitizers. Other use isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol for US) which is sometimes used to “denaturize” spirits.
An why it’s not used alone:
* a bit ow water makes it more effective – instead of drying the microbes to be revived later it allows the alcohol to get inside them
* a bit of gel is added so the alcohol will stick better to hands and not evaporate as fast
* fragrance is added so it smells better
* Glycerol is added so it doesn’t dry your skin
* Vitamins and plant extracts are added so they can be listed on the package and allow for better marketing. They’re useless but “with aloe” will likely sell better than the one without.
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