Question

Fermentatation and Distillation of Ethanol

1. a. Calculate the volume of ethanol contained in the distillate.

b. What is the overall volume of ethanol in the 100 mL sidearm flask?

c. A 2-lb bag of sugar costs about $2.99. Based on the volume of ethanol per 50 grams of sucrose obtained in the experiment, how much will it cost to produce the necessary volume of ethanol needed to manufacture twelve 750-mL bottles of wine with 11% v/v ethanol content?

Data:

1. Volume of distillate = 5.25 mL

2. % ethanol in the distillate via GC = 6.00%