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10/11/2020 12:56 pm
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List in tabular form three physical and two chemical properties on the basis of which ethanol and ethanoic acid can be differentiated.
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11/11/2020 10:35 am
Physical properties:
Ethanol:
1. It has specific smell.
2. It has burning taste.
3. It does not freeze in winters.
Ethanoic acid:
1. It has vinegar like smell.
2. It is sour in taste.
3. It freezes in winters.
Chemical properties:
Ethanol:
1. It does not react with NaHCO3.
2. It burns with blue flame.
3. It does not affect blue litmus.
Ethanoic acid:
1. It gives CO2 with NaHCO3.
2. It does not burn with blue flame.
3. It turn blue litmus red.