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What is usually added to ethyl alcohol to make it unfit for drinking purposes?

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To answer the question, "What is usually added to ethyl alcohol to make it unfit for drinking purposes?" we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Understand Ethyl Alcohol Ethyl alcohol, also known as ethanol, is a common type of alcohol that is consumable in beverages. Its chemical formula is C2H5OH or CH3CH2OH. ### Step 2: Identify the Need for Denaturing In industrial applications, ethyl alcohol is often denatured to prevent it from being consumed. This is done to avoid taxation and regulation associated with alcoholic beverages. ...
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ICSE-ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS -EXERCISE (PART-II Descriptive Questions) (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. What is rectified spirit ?

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  2. What is absolute alcohol ?

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  3. What is usually added to ethyl alcohol to make it unfit for drinking ...

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  4. What is methylated spirit or denatured alcohol?

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  5. What is 'Power alcohol'?

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  6. Why can't rectified spirit be converted into absolute alcohol by simp...

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  7. Name any two reagents used for bringing about the oxidation of alcoho...

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  8. What is the main product obtained when vapours of tert.-butyl alcohol...

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  9. Why boiling points of phenols are higher than those of the correspond...

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  10. Give one reaction to show that phenol is acidic in character.

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  11. Name the phenol with molecular formula C(7)H(8)O which on treatment w...

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  12. Phenol is an acid but does not react with sodium bicarbonate solution...

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  13. Name the major product formed when sodium phenoxide is heated with CO...

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  14. Phenol is heated with chloroform and NaOH at 340 K. What is the produ...

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  15. How many sigma bonds are present in 3-methylphenol.

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  16. What is an enzyme ? Name two enzymes used in the preparation of alcoh...

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  17. Answer the following questions : What is fermentation ?

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  18. Mention an industrial product manufactured from methanol.

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  19. Mention two important uses of methanol.

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  20. Give the structural formula and name of the product of following react...

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