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How will you distinguish between phenol and benozic acid ?

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Dissolve both the substances separately in water in two tubes. Add a small amount of sodium bicarbonate to both. The tube in which a brisk effervescence in observed, contains benzoic acid and the tube in which no effervescence in noticed contains phenol.
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