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Question
What happens when ethanol is heated with acidified potassium dichromate?
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Solution
When ethanol is heated with acidified potassium dichromate, it gets oxidised to ethanoic acid. The orange colour of potassium dichromate changes to green, indicating oxidation.
\[\ce{CH3CH2OH + [O] -> CH3COOH}\]
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