Description: A small amount of ethanol is poured into a balloon and the balloon is blown up. When the ethanol vapor is released into a large tube containing orange acidified dichromate on silica gel, the ethanol reduces the dichromate to green chromium (III).

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Source: Chem13 News

Year or vol: 1997, no. 261 page: 1

Keywords: redox, ethanol, ,