Multiple choice

The gas obtained by heating a mixture of sodium acetate and sodalime is ____.

  1. ethylene

  2. ethane

  3. acetylene

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Heating sodium acetate with sodalime produces methane (CH4) via decarboxylation, not ethylene, ethane, or acetylene. This is a classic laboratory reaction for methane preparation.