Question

A student cannot differentiate between acetic acid and ethyl alcohal solutions in a lab. How can he identify with the help of sodium chloride

Answer 1

acetic acid ja apungent smell and it is colourless

Answer 2

With the help of sodium chloride we can find that which is acetic acid and which is ethyl alcohol ,in following ways :

When we add sodium chloride to acetic acid it reacts with sodium chloride and would a brisk effervescence and release CO2 in the air , if the gas released in the reaction is passed through lime water we can see that it is CO2 , where ethyl alcohol do not react with the sodium chloride.


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