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Question
Give reason for the following:
Cotton clothes get burnt with concentrated sulphuric acid.
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Solution
Cotton contains cellulose. When cotton is treated with concentrated sulphuric acid it removes water from cotton and carbon is left behind. This way cotton clothes get burnt.
\[\ce{(C6H10O5)n ->[Conc.H2SO4] 5(C)n + 6(H2O)n}\]
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