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The organic compound mixed with ethanol to make it spurious is ______. - Chemistry

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The organic compound mixed with ethanol to make it spurious is ______.

Options

  • Methanol

  • Methanoic acid

  • Methanal 

  • Ethanoic acid

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Solution

The organic compound mixed with ethanol to make it spurious is methanol.

Explanation:

Methanol (CH3OH) is an organic compound that is toxic and is sometimes illegally mixed with ethanol to increase quantity in alcoholic beverages. This process makes the ethanol spurious (unsafe) and can cause blindness or even death when consumed.

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Chapter 11.6: Carboxylic Acid - Exercise 7 [Page 296]

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Frank Chemistry Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 11.6 Carboxylic Acid
Exercise 7 | Q 3.2 | Page 296
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