CBSE Class 10 Science 2017 Outside Delhi Term II Set 2 Paper

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Question : 7
Total: 12
What happens when
(write chemical equation in each case)
(a) ethanol is burnt in air ?
(b) ethanol is heated with excess conc. H2SO4 at 443K ?
(c) a piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol?
Solution:  
(a) CH3CH2‌OH+3O2
‌ Air ‌
───────▶
2
CO2
+3H2O
+
Heat + light
(b) CH3CH2‌OH‌
‌ Conc. ‌H2SO4
───────▶
∆,443k
‌CH2
=CH2

(c) 2CH3CH2‌OH+2‌Na→2CH3CH3‌ONa+H2↑
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