Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

In industry, ethanol is made either by fermentation or by reacting ethene with steam. Which row is correct?

  • AFermentation uses a temperature of $100\,^\circ\text{C}$; ethene + steam uses a temperature of $350\,^\circ\text{C}$.
  • BFermentation needs the presence of yeast; ethene + steam does not need a catalyst.
  • CFermentation is a slow reaction; ethene + steam is a fast reaction.
  • DFermentation gives a high yield of ethanol; ethene + steam gives a low yield of ethanol.

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