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Ethanol, 4.6 g, is treated with excess iodine in aqueous and is completely converted to iodoform and sodium methanoate by . Calculate the mass of consumed in grams. (Molar masses: ethanol 46, 40 g/mol.) Give the answer to the nearest integer.

Numerical answer type, answer in g, tolerance 0.5.

Answer: 24 g

Moles of ethanol . The equation uses 6 mol per mol of ethanol, so mol. Mass g.
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