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In the laboratory, ethanol can be oxidised with acidified potassium dichromate(VI). 3.1 The ethanol can be oxidised to form either ethanal, CH3CHO (Fig. 1), or ethanoic acid, CH3COOH (Fig. 2). The boiling points of ethanol, ethanal and ethanoic acid are given in the table below. Use this table of boiling points to explain: a) Which organic product is likely to be if the apparatus shown in Fig. 1 is used? Explain your answer. b) Which organic product is likely to be if the apparatus shown in Fig. 2 is used? Explain your answer. c) Write a balanced equation for the oxidation of ethanol to ethanoic acid. Use [O] to represent the oxidising agent