Three alcohols - ethanol, propanol and butanol are mixed and heated for a long time in a beaker. Which is the last one to evaporate?
A
Ethanol
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B
Propanol
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C
Butanol
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D
All evaporate at the same time
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Solution
The correct option is CButanol Ethanol - C2H5OH Propanol - C3H7OH Butanol - C4H9OH The three alcohols form a homologous series. Molecular mass increases in any homologous series due to which a gradation of physical properties occurs. Boiling point is a physical property and so it increases in a homologous series. So the last one to evaporate will be butanol .