Question 8
Some rubbing alcohols that you use on your hand to kill bacteria contain ethanol. Ethanol is made up of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. In an experiment, a chemist determined that 160 g of ethanol contains 83 g of carbon and 56 g of oxygen. How much hydrogen is in the sample of ethanol?
Editorial note: Use the supplied mass-balance data, which are rounded rather than exact pure-ethanol composition.
Editorial note: Use the supplied mass-balance data, which are rounded rather than exact pure-ethanol composition.