Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol may be made by fermentation or by the catalytic addition of steam to ethene. Which row shows one advantage and one disadvantage of each process?

  • Afermentation: advantage batch process, disadvantage slow reaction; catalytic addition of steam to ethene: advantage continuous process, disadvantage fast reaction
  • Bfermentation: advantage fast reaction, disadvantage continuous process; catalytic addition of steam to ethene: advantage pure ethanol formed, disadvantage renewable raw material
  • Cfermentation: advantage renewable raw material, disadvantage batch process; catalytic addition of steam to ethene: advantage pure ethanol formed, disadvantage slow reaction
  • Dfermentation: advantage renewable raw material, disadvantage impure ethanol formed; catalytic addition of steam to ethene: advantage fast reaction, disadvantage finite raw material

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