Question

you are provided with 2 elements capitol X and Y . when sulphuric acid was added to X nothing charectric happened but when it added to Y to while a colourless gas which burns with a a pop sound was evolved in dentifyed the gas evolved metal in this case​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Compound X is ethanol

Compound Y is ethene

Compound Z is hydrogen gas.

C

2

H

5

OH

sulphuric acid

C

2

H

4

+H

2

O

Hot concentrated sulphuric acid is a strong dehydrating agent. It reacts with ethanol to give ethene by removing water.

C

2

H

5

OH+Na→C

2

H

5

ONa+H

2