Question

Explain why the Ethanol was cut up and placed in a dry test-tube.

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Explain why the Ethanol was cut up and placed in a dry test-tube ?

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If a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colorless solution of sodium ethoxide: CH3CH2ONa . The anion component is an alkoxide.