You Are Given a Liquid Sample That Contains Methanol,ethanol,or a Mixture

question 20

Multiple Choice

You are given a liquid sample that contains methanol,ethanol,or a mixture of both.You use combustion analysis of a 0.336 g sample and obtain 0.462 g of CO₂.What did you learn about your sample?

• A)It is methanol.
• B)It is ethanol.
• C)It is more methanol than ethanol.
• D)It is more ethanol than methanol.
• E)It contains equal amounts of methanol and ethanol.

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