C2 reversible reactions, ethene (1)

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Many chemicals, like ammonia, are made in industrial processes. Ethanol is another chemical made in an industrial process. Ethene reacts with steam to make ethanol. ethene

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The conditions used are: • a catalyst • 300 °C • a pressure of 70 atmospheres. Look at the graph. It shows the yield of ethanol made under different conditions of temperature and pressure. 100 90 80 percentage yield of ethanol

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temperature in °C (a) What is the percentage yield of ethanol at 100 °C and 200 atmospheres? answer = ................................. %

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(b) How does increasing the temperature change the percentage yield? .............................................................................................................................................. [1] (c) How does increasing the pressure change the percentage yield? .............................................................................................................................................. [1] © OCR 2013


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