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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

: How would you convert ethanol to ethene?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
Dear student
Ethanol can be converted to ethene by dehydration of ethanol. In dehydration an ethanol is heating at high temperature in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid. The phosphoric acid can also be used instead of sulphuric acid.