The XYZ Cough Drop Company uses menthol as an ingredient in its cough drops. The plant manager suspects that the most recent shipment from the supplier of menthol contains thymol instead of menthol. Merthol Thymal OH 4 The plant manager tested the most recent shipment of ingredient using litmus paper. The test resulted neutral to litmus paper. Having taken Chem 120B at SIUE, was the plant manager correct with his suspicion? O The plant manager's suspicion is correct. The recent shipment is thymol. O The plant manager's suspicion is incorrect. The recent shipment is menthol. O The result of the litmus test is inconclusive. More tests must be performed to determine the identity of the most recent shipment of ingredient.

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The XYZ Cough Drop Company uses menthol as an ingredient in its cough drops. The plant manager suspects that the most recent shipment from the supplier of
menthol contains thymol instead of menthol.
Merthol
Thymol
4
The plant manager tested the most recent shipment of ingredient using litmus paper. The test resulted neutral to litmus paper. Having taken Chem 120B at SIUE,
was the plant manager correct with his suspicion?
O The plant manager's suspicion is correct. The recent shipment is thymol.
O The plant manager's suspicion is incorrect. The recent shipment is menthol.
O The result of the litmus test is inconclusive. More tests must be performed to determine the identity of the most recent shipment of ingredient.
Transcribed Image Text:The XYZ Cough Drop Company uses menthol as an ingredient in its cough drops. The plant manager suspects that the most recent shipment from the supplier of menthol contains thymol instead of menthol. Merthol Thymol 4 The plant manager tested the most recent shipment of ingredient using litmus paper. The test resulted neutral to litmus paper. Having taken Chem 120B at SIUE, was the plant manager correct with his suspicion? O The plant manager's suspicion is correct. The recent shipment is thymol. O The plant manager's suspicion is incorrect. The recent shipment is menthol. O The result of the litmus test is inconclusive. More tests must be performed to determine the identity of the most recent shipment of ingredient.
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