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How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be dif...

How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical and chemical properties?

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Ethanol has low boiling point `(18^(@)C)` as compared to ethanoic acid `(118^(@)C)`
Ethanol can.t react with sodium carbonate while ethanoic acids produces `CO_(2)` gas.
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