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What are the major differences between alcohol and phenol?
Chemically, the major difference between phenol and alcohol is that phenol is a hydroxyl unit attached to a benzene ring and alcohol has a hydroxyl unit attached to a carbon chain. More generally the major difference is that swallowing a small amount of phenol can kill you. Swallowing a small amount of alcohol (ethanol) may give you a buzz, but you would have to drink a great deal for it to kill you quickly.
Phenol coefficient test in microbiology?
Phenol coefficient test is best known screening test in which potency of a disinfactant is compared with that of phenol. A series of a dilutions of phenol and the disinfactant being tested are prepared. A standard amount of Salmonella tyhpii and Staphylococcus aureus are added to each dilution; the dilutions are then placed in a 20 to 37oC water bath. At 5-minute intervas, samples are withdrawn from each dilution and used to inoculate a growth medium, which is incubated for two or more days and then examined the growth. If there is no growth in the growth medium, the dilution at that particular time of sampling killed the bacteria. The highest dilution that kills the bacteria after 1o min. expousre, but not at 5min. is used to calculate the phenol coefficient. This is done by dividing the resiprocal of the appropriate phenol dilution.
In what products are phenol found in?
Phenol can be found in various products such as disinfectants, mouthwash, throat sprays, skin creams, and hair dye. It is commonly used as an antiseptic and preservative in these products.
Structure of phenol?
phenol
Can half a teaspoon of arsenic kill you?
no go ahead and tell me how it works out
How much kitchen salt does it take to kill a pepper plant?
teaspoon
Does rat poison kill a person and is it a slow death or a fast one?
1 teaspoon of rat poison will kill a human in less than 1 day
Why feric chloride give violet colour with phenol?
Ferric chloride reacts with phenol to form a complex that absorbs light in the violet region of the spectrum. The violet color is due to this complex forming between the ferric ions and the phenol molecules, resulting in the absorption of light at specific wavelengths that appear as violet to the human eye.
What is the derivative of Phenol?
The derivative of Phenol is Carbolic acid.
Does phenol react with bromine?
Yes, at room temperature bromine reacts with phenol and forms 2,4,6-tribromo phenol.
What is a bad chemical?
It depends on what is meant by bad. If, Toxic, corrosive or flammble are meant, there are literally thousands. All cyanides are bad and will kill a human in afew minutes. Phenol and the halogens are all toxic and Fluorine and bromine will do very bad damge to the skin. There are many more.
Can you get phenol from carbolic acid?
Phenol and carbolic acid are actually the same compound. "Carbolic acid" is an older, colloquial term for phenol.
