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Name ________________________ Date ________________ Introduction For this exercise you are given full instructions for the practical procedure and these must be followed exactly. It is however up to you to consider suitable safety procedures and to organise your time appropriately. You should also carefully consider what is the most effective way of handling the materials and apparatus in order to obtain the maximum reliability. The Oxidation of Ethanol Ethanol is a primary alcohol and can be oxidised to either an aldehyde or a carboxylic acid. CH3CH2OH + [O] CH3CHO + H2O CH3CH2OH + 2[O] CH3COOH + H2O The purpose of this experiment is to oxidise ethanol and then to test the product to determine whether it has been oxidised to ethanal or oxidised to ethanoic acid. Read through the procedure below before starting the experiment. You should comment on the hazard of the chemicals use din the experiment. Method To 6cm3 of water in the pear-shaped flask, add 2cm3 of concentrated sulphuric acid, and set up the apparatus as shown below,...

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