Hi,
The purpose of the burning splint is to provide activation energy.
Answer:
because too much can neutralise the results
Answer:
See explanation
Explanation:
The reaction between alcohol and acidified potassium dichromate is a redox reaction. This reaction can be used to detect a drunken driver.
Alcohols can be oxidized to aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids depending on the structure of the alcohol. Primary alcohols yield adehydes and carboxylic acids while secondary alcohols are oxidized to ketones.
The colour of the acidified potassium dichromate turns from orange to green when exposed to alcohols from the breath of a drunken driver.
Since there are no given items, I will give a general answer. Energy....or the lack of it. Examples: Heat, electricity, force (when an item is moving and it impacts something, it heats up...friction is an example of this), etc
