Question

Methane is prepared in the laboratory by heating a mixture of sodium acetate and______.

• A. water
• B. soda lime
• C. lime stone
• D. sodium carbonate

Answer 1

The correct option is B soda lime

Methane is prepared in the laboratory by reacting sodium acetate($C{H}_{3}COONa$) with sodalime(Sodalime is a mixture of $NaOH$ and $CaO$).The reactants are heated in a test tube.

Reaction :

$C{H}_{3}COONa+NaOH\to C{H}_4+N{a}_{2}C{O}_3$