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An industrial method of preparation of methanol is

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catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide in presence of `ZnO-Cr_(2)O_(3)`

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by reacting methane with steam at `900^(@)C` with nickel catalyst

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by reducing formaldehyde with lithium aluminium hydride

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by reacting formaldehyde with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution

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`underset(ubrace("water gas"))(CO+H_(2))+H_(2) overset(Cr_(2)O_(3)-ZnO)underset(300^(@)C)rarrunderset("Methanol")(CH_(3)OH)`
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