Isopropyl Alcohol is a colorless liquid. It is used as a cleaning and dehydrating agent in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, plastics, spices, coatings, and electronic industries. It is used to make PCB holes conductive and clean CD/DVD parts, floppy disks, and magnetic tape. Isopropyl Alcohol is employed as a reagent for analyte detection and as a solvent and extractant in labs. It is used for fuel pipelines as a deicing agent and gasoline additive. Isopropyl Alcohol is used to prepare scrubbing liquid, hand and body lotion, preservatives, and as a pharmaceutical reddening agent. Isopropyl Alcohol is also used in the extraction of DNA and RNA, to examine cell viability by MTT assay, for the detection of hydroxyproline levels and in microarray hybridization.