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Give the harmful effects of drinking alcohol.

Harmful effects of drinking alcohol:

(i) Consumption of ethanol is not good for human health. It slows down the metabolic processes.


(ii) It depresses the central nervous system. This results in lack of coordination, mental confusion and drowsiness.



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25 What is meant by denatured alcohol? What is the need to denature alcohol? 26 How would you test for an alcohol? 26 Explain why, methanol is much more dangerous to drink than ethanol. 27 How would you convert:

(a) ethanol into ethene?


(b) propanol into propanoic acid?


Name the process in each case and write the equations of the reactions involved.