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Arrange water, ethanol and phenol in increasing order of a acidity and give reason for your answer.

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`"Ethanol" lt "Water" lt "Phenol"`
Due due +I effect of `-C_(2)H_(6)` group makes the ethanol less acidic than water. Due due greater resonance stabilisation of phenoxide ions, phenol in more acidic that water.
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