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In the laboratory, methane can be prepared from salts of alkanoic acids. Describe how methane is prepared from sodium ethanoate.

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  1. Heat a mixture of sodium ethanoate and sodalime
  2. Collect the gas over water /use syringe/upward delivery/downward displacement of air.(condition of heat must)
  3. Mixture of sodalime and ethanoate 
  4. Arrow for heat 
  5. Method of collection
    .                                                   CaO
  6. Sodium ethanoate + sodalime arrow Methane + Na2CO                                                  .  .                                                    Heat                               
    .                                (then mention method of collection   )
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