Chemistry A-Level
Role of ethanol as co-solvent
What Role of ethanol as co-solvent means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Ethanol is added as a co-solvent because the haloalkane and the aqueous silver nitrate do not mix well, so it brings them into one phase so the substitution can occur at a useful rate.
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