ChemistryCode 5070
Alcohols
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Describe how ethanol is manufactured by: (a) fermenting aqueous glucose at 25–35°C, with yeast present and oxygen absent (b) catalytic addition, in which steam is added to ethene at 300°C and 6000kPa/60 atm with an acid catalyst present, including a comparison of the two methods' advantages and disadvantages
- Describe how alcohols undergo combustion
- State how ethanol is used: (a) as a solvent (b) as a fuel