Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol. Most rubbing alcohol is made from isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol in water. It is common to find isopropyl rubbing alcohol at concentrations from 68% alcohol in water up to 99% alcohol in water. The 70% rubbing alcohol is highly effective as a disinfectant.
fluid - a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure. 1  substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; DNA is the substance of our genes.
1 First, What is a fluid? 2  Three common states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas. 3  A fluid is either a liquid or a gas.  If surface effects are not present, flow behaves similarly in all common fluids, whether gases or liquids.