Question

what happens when ethyl alcohol is heated in the presence of H2SO4 at 443 Kelvin..?​

Answer 1

When you heat ethanol with excess of Sulphuric Acid at 443K, ethanol undergoes intermolecular dehydration and it loses its -OH functional group.

The final product is ETHENE.

This process is very useful for producing polythene polymer. (The regular plastic polythene that you use in house)

Hope it helps you :)

Answer 2

Explanation:

Whaen ehanol is heated with concentrated with sulphuric acid at 443 Kelvin , dehydration takes place and Ethane is formed . in this reaction concentrated sulphuric acid act as a dehydrating agent ..