Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol may be produced either from ethene or through the fermentation of glucose.
(a)[5]

Describe these two ways of making ethanol. Your answer should mention any other substances required and the conditions for the reactions.

(b(i))[2]

Describe how you could tell apart an unsaturated hydrocarbon from a saturated hydrocarbon by using aqueous bromine.

(b(ii))[1]

Which statement gives the meaning of a polymer? Tick one box. a giant structure containing one type of atom a large molecule produced by cracking monomers a large molecule produced by the addition of many ions a large molecule made from many monomers

(b(iii))[1]

Give one use of Terylene.

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