Chemistry·Organic chemistry · NSSCO 10.5
Alcohols
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Alcohols power fuels, dissolve inks and flavour drinks. Learn the hydroxyl functional group and general formula, the two ways ethanol is made — fermentation and adding steam to ethene — how ethanol burns, and its everyday uses.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Chemistry 10.5):
- Describe alcohols as saturated compounds with a hydroxyl functional group, general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁OH
- Describe the formation of ethanol by fermentation and by the catalytic addition of steam to ethene
- Describe the properties of ethanol in terms of burning
- Name the uses of ethanol (solvent, fuel, alcoholic drinks)
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