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CBSE Class 10 Science 2019 · Paper 31/5/1 · Question 23(b)

Carbon and its Compounds 2 marks Easy
A student is performing an experiment to study the properties of acetic acid. Answer the following questions :
  1. (i)Name the substance he must add to acetic acid to produce carbon dioxide.
  2. (ii)Give the relevant chemical equation for the reaction.
  3. (iii)How would he test gas in the laboratory ?

Answer

Add sodium hydrogen carbonate to give carbon dioxide; pass the gas through lime water, which turns milky.

(i) Sodium hydrogen carbonate (baking soda), ; sodium carbonate, , also gives carbon dioxide. (ii) (with sodium carbonate: ) (iii) Pass the gas through lime water (calcium hydroxide solution) with a delivery tube dipping into it: the lime water turns milky, which shows the gas is carbon dioxide.

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