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What is dry ether?

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What is dry ether?

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To dry ether labs typically add soium metal and then continuously distill the ether for collection. The sodium reacts with water to form hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The hydrogen is gasous and driven off and the NaOH is left in the flask. This is why the ether is distilled. This will typically get the ether to the low ppm concentration of water.

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