Compounds such as alcohols and glucose also contain hydrogen but are not categorised as acids. Describe an Activity to prove it.

Explanation

The chemical formula of ethyl alcohol is `C_(2)H_(5)OH` which is an alcohol and of glucose is `C_(6)H_(12)O_(6).` Both are organic compounds and contain hydrogen atoms. However, they donot behave as acids.
This can be shown by the following activity :
In a glass beaker, take a dilute solution of glucose `(C_(6)H_(12)O_(6)).` Fix two small nails of iron in a rubber cork and place the cork in the beaker as shoen in hte figure. Connect the nails to the terminals of a 6 volt battery through a bulb. Switch on the current. The bulb will not glow. This shows that the electric current has not passed through the glucose solution. As the current is carried by the movement of ions, this shows that in solution, glucose has not given any `H^(+)` ions.

Now repeart the same experiment with ethyl alcohol `(C_(2)H_(5)OH).` The bulb will not glow in this case alsl. This shows that both of them donor behave as acids although they contrain hydrogen atoms in their molecules.