You go into the laboratory to look for a squirt bottle containing acetone. You find two unlabeled

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You go into the laboratory to look for a squirt bottle containing acetone. You find two unlabeled bottles with different colored tops suggesting they are different liquids. Unfortunately, you have a terrible cold and cannot tell by smell which one might be acetone. What simple test could you use to determine which liquid is acetone and which is water? How does this test tell you this information?

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Chemistry For Engineering Students

ISBN: 9780357026991

4th Edition

Authors: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme

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