Question

List the conclusions you will draw while studying the following properties of ethanoic acid
(a) Odour
(b) Solubility in water
(c) Effect on Litmus paper
(d) reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate

Answer 1

Answer:

1) odour like vinegar

2) soluble in water at any proportion.

3) blue litmus paper turns red, acidic in nature.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:a- ethanoic acid have characteristic smell like that of vinegar

B- ethanoic acid will readily be soluble in water

Ethanoic acid will turn red litmus blue

D- on reacting sodium hydrogen carbonate with ethanoic acid it will form sodium ethanoate as salt liberating hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas