The blood alcohol (left(mathrm{C}_{2} mathrm{H}_{5} mathrm{OH}ight)) level can be determined by titrating a sample of blood plasma
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The blood alcohol \(\left(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}ight)\) level can be determined by titrating a sample of blood plasma with an acidic potassium dichromate solution, resulting in the production of \(\mathrm{Cr}^{3+}(\mathrm{aq})\) and carbon dioxide. The reaction can be monitored because the dichromate ion \(\left(\mathrm{Cr}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{7}^{2-}ight)\) is orange in solution, and the \(\mathrm{Cr}^{3+}\) ion is green. The unbalanced redox equation is
\[\mathrm{Cr}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{7}{ }^{2-}(a q)+\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}(a q) \longrightarrow \mathrm{Cr}^{3+}(a q)+\mathrm{CO}_{2}(g)\]
If \(31.05 \mathrm{~mL}\) of \(0.0600 \mathrm{M}\) potassium dichromate solution is required to titrate \(30.0 \mathrm{~g}\) of blood plasma, determine the mass percent of alcohol in the blood.
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