Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol may be made by fermentation or from ethene. State one disadvantage of making ethanol by fermentation.

  • ADistillation is needed to purify the ethanol produced.
  • BFermentation uses glucose from plants.
  • CFermentation is catalysed by enzymes in yeast.
  • DFermentation occurs at a low temperature and pressure.

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