Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol is produced by adding steam to ethene using a catalyst, and also by fermentation. Which row gives one benefit and one drawback of using the catalytic addition of steam to ethene instead of fermentation?

  • Aadvantage: fast; disadvantage: the product is impure
  • Badvantage: fast; disadvantage: uses non-renewable materials
  • Cadvantage: the product is pure; disadvantage: slow
  • Dadvantage: uses renewable materials; disadvantage: slow

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