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How is ethene prepared from ethanol ? Give the reaction involved in it.

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Ethene is prepared by the dehydration of ethyl alcohol in the presence of conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)` at `160^(@)C`.
`underset("Ethanol")(C_(2)H_(5)OH)underset(160^(@)C)overset("Conc."H_(2)SO_(4))(to)underset("Ethene")(CH_(2)=CH_(2))+H_(2)O`
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