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    1) Ethanol is heated with aluminum oxide to produce ethene gas through a dehydration reaction. 2) Five test tubes of the colorless, sweet-smelling ethene gas are collected and stoppered. 3) Tests on the ethene gas show that it burns with a luminous flame and reacts with bromine water and acidified potassium permanganate, indicating an unsaturated hydrocarbon.

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    Cracking Chemistry - Ethene Experiment

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    1) Ethanol is heated with aluminum oxide to produce ethene gas through a dehydration reaction. 2) Five test tubes of the colorless, sweet-smelling ethene gas are collected and stoppered. 3) Tests on the ethene gas show that it burns with a luminous flame and reacts with bromine water and acidified potassium permanganate, indicating an unsaturated hydrocarbon.

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    1) Ethanol is heated with aluminum oxide to produce ethene gas through a dehydration reaction. 2) Five test tubes of the colorless, sweet-smelling ethene gas are collected and stoppered. 3) Tests on the ethene gas show that it burns with a luminous flame and reacts with bromine water and acidified potassium permanganate, indicating an unsaturated hydrocarbon.

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    Cracking Chemistry - Ethene Experiment

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    1) Ethanol is heated with aluminum oxide to produce ethene gas through a dehydration reaction. 2) Five test tubes of the colorless, sweet-smelling ethene gas are collected and stoppered. 3) Tests on the ethene gas show that it burns with a luminous flame and reacts with bromine water and acidified potassium permanganate, indicating an unsaturated hydrocarbon.

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    Procedure:

    1) Add 2-3cm of ethanol into a test-tube


    2) Add some glass wool to soak up the ethanol – the glass wool keeps the ethanol at the
    end of the test tube and avoids getting the Aluminium Oxide wet
    3) Place some Aluminium oxide (Al2O3) about halfway down the test-tube using a spatula
    – Al2O3 is a white solid powder
    4) Light the Bunsen burner, set it to the blue flame, and gently heat the Al2O3
    5) As the Al2O3 becomes hot, the heat reaches the ethanol, which vaporises, passes over
    the Al2O3 and is dehydrated to ethene
    6) Collect 5 test-tubes of gas and put a stopper on each once filled
    7) Take the delivery tube out of water, then turn off the heat – this prevents suck-back
    8) Next, we will perform various tests on these test-tubes of collected ethene, but don’t
    use the first test tube of gas produced as it consists of displaced air
    9) First, observe its appearance – colourless gas with a sweetish smell
    10)Remove the stopper from one test-tube, place a lighted taper over the mouth of it -
    burns with a luminous, sooty, smoky flame – (see combustion reaction below)
    11)Tests for unsaturation are carried out next (see sticky notes below)

    Bunsen
    Burner

    Safety precautions
    Precaution Why?
    Remove the delivery tube from the water To avoid suck-back of cold water entering the
    before turning off the Bunsen burner hot test-tube as the sudden temperature change
    (removing the heat supply) would cause it to shatter and crack or risk of
    fire/explosion
    Ensure stoppers are tightly fitted To avoid ethene gas escaping as it may cause a
    fire if it gets in contact with the flame of the
    Bunsen burner as it is flammable
    Keep ethene gas produced well To avoid risk of fire as ethene is flammable
    away/separate from the flame
    Wear gloves when handling glass wool Our skin is sensitive to it so it may cause
    cuts/burns. May cause irritation to eyes/skin
    Wear mask and avoid inhaling glass wool May cause irritation to respiratory tract as it is a
    lung irritant
    Testing for unsaturation:

    A reagent is used
    The gas is bubbled through it // it is shaken in the test-tube with the gas

    Bromine Water
    Acidified Potassium Permanganate
    Red (Yellow-Brown) to Colourless
    Purple-Violet to colourless
    Products: 1,2-dibromoethane //
    2-bromoethanol

    Use: Ethene is used for


    ripening fruits e.g. bananas
    C2H5OH C2H4 + H2O
    Combustion reaction
    Elimination // Dehydration
    C2H4 + 3O2 2H2O + 2CO2
    reaction

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