Question

You use 100 ml ethylchloride (density 0.92 g/ml) to extract 25 ml ethylene bromohydrin (density 2.41 g/ml) mixed with 100 ml. Is the aqueous layer the lower or the upper layer. How could you easily test this.


----- Ethylchloride is less dense so it is the top layer
Ethylene Bromohydrin is more dense so it is the bottom layer



You dissolve sodium chloride 40g. in the above mixture. Assuming the aqueous layer will have a volume of 112 ml, will the aqueous phase be the lower or the upper layer? Explain.


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