Suppose that you are given two unlabeled beakers. One beaker contains water, and the other beaker contains a solution of ethanol and water. How could you safely determine which beaker contains just water?

You could smell each beaker since water does not have a specific scent while ethanol does

Answered by slane | 2024-06-10

If the contents of the two beakers are distilled, water boils at 100oc and pure water is collected. The other solution will not boil at 100oc, it will boil at a lower temperature and two fractions will be collected after simple distillation.

Answered by pstnonsonjoku | 2024-06-24

To safely determine which beaker contains just water, you can use simple distillation. By heating the liquid in each beaker, you can observe the boiling points—pure water boils at 100°C, while the ethanol-water solution will boil at a lower temperature. By collecting and measuring the distillates, you can identify which beaker contains water and which contains the ethanol solution.
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Answered by pstnonsonjoku | 2024-10-30