In an experiment to separate a mixture of water (100oC) and ethanol (78.4oC), a student set up the apparatus shown below.

      

In an experiment to separate a mixture of water (100oC) and ethanol (78.4oC), a student set up the apparatus shown below.

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(a) Identify the mistakes in the set up.

(b) What method would the student use to test the purity of ethanol obtained?

  

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Maurice
(a) Thermometer is missing.
Water in and water out are interchanged.

(b) Boiling/Freezing point/Density/Refractive index determination.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 16, 2019 at 06:40


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