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Assertion: CaCl2 can't be used for drying ethyl alcohol
Reason: Calcium chloride can form an addition compound with ethyl alcohol

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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation to Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation to Assertion
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Assertion is true but Reason is false
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Assertion is false but Reason is true
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The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation to Assertion
Ethanol cannot dry by CaCl2 because CaCl2 combines with ethanol formingCaCl2.4C2H5OH.(addition compound).there is no remove water molecule from addition compound .So ethanol remained as it is.

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