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Answer to Question 12

12. Merry Christmas!
If you could join two atoms of carbon together and add six atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. What might you get?

Answer: Lucky. There are many alcohols but the one that you would buy in a pub or off-licence is ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and its chemical formula is CH₃CH₂OH. Cheers!

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