Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alcohols

Alcohols — practice question

Ethanol is produced both by the catalytic addition of steam to ethene and by fermentation. Which statement gives an advantage of fermentation when it is compared with the catalytic addition of steam to ethene?

  • AFermentation is a more rapid reaction.
  • BFermentation produces a purer product.
  • CFermentation uses a higher temperature.
  • DFermentation uses renewable resources.

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