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.
A bottle of isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Rubbing alcohol refers to either isopropyl alcohol (propan-2-ol) or ethanol based liquids, or the comparable British Pharmacopoeia defined surgical spirit, with isopropyl alcohol products being the most widely available. Rubbing alcohol is undrinkable even if it is ethanol based, due to the bitterants added.