IGCSE Chemistry Edexcel (4CH1)

#4.32C Manufacture of ethanol

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know that ethanol can be manufactured by:

  • reacting ethene with steam in the presence of a phosphoric acid catalyst at a temperature of about 300ºC and a pressure of about 60–70atm
  • the fermentation of glucose, in the absence of air, at an optimum temperature of about 30ºC and using the enzymes in yeast

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