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What happens when (write chemical equation in each case) (a) ethanol is burnt in air? (b) ethanol is heated with excess conc. $H_{2} S O_{4}$ at 443 K? (c) A piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol?

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$(a) C H_{3} C H_{2} O H + 3 O_{2} A i r - - \to 2 C O_{2} + 3 H_{2} O$ + Heat + light
Ethanol oxygen carbondioxide water
$(b) C H_{3} C H_{2} O H C o n c . H_{2} S O_{4} - ------- \to C H_{2} = C H_{2} + H_{2} O$
Ethanol ethene water
$(c) 2 C H_{3} C H_{2} O H + 2 N a \to 2 C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a + H_{2}$
Ethanol sodium sodium ethoxide hydrogen gas

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