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  • A student is performing an experiment to study the properties of acetic acid. Answer the following questions : (i) Name the substance he must add to acetic acid to produce carbon dioxide. (ii) Give the relevant chemical equation for

A student is performing an experiment to study the properties of acetic acid. Answer the following questions :

(i) Name the substance he must add to acetic acid to produce carbon dioxide.

(ii) Give the relevant chemical equation for the reaction.

(iii) How would he test CO_{2} gas in the laboratory ?

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(i) Sodium carbonate (Na_{2}CO_{3}) or sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO_{3})

(ii) CH_{3}COOH+NaHCO_{3}\rightarrow CH_{3}COONa+H_{2}O+CO_{2}

                                                           OR

        2CH_{3}COOH+Na_{2}CO_{3}\rightarrow 2CH_{3}COONa+H_{2}O+CO_{2}

(iii) Liberated CO_{2} (carbondioxide) is passed through lime water which is turned to milky.

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