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Making Diethyl Ether

Warning: Ether is extremely flammable. This must only be carried out in an extremely well ventilated area. In this video we make diethyl ether from ethanol and sulfuric acid. I adapted by procedure from youtube user myst32YT. Here is a link to his ether synthesis video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytdO3YzXNkQ I also used this as a resource: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9747 The final product likely still has a little bit of a water in it. I would suggest adding mo

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  • Originally Aired November 27, 2014
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Production Code 6Z2oE8-uthU
  • Created September 22, 2020 by
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