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#acidic character of alcohol and phenol
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Both alcohols and phenols are weak acids that contain an OH group attached to a hydrocarbon. However, phenols are more acidic than alcohols, and their acidity can be recognized even though it's still very weak. Alcohols are so weakly acidic that their acidity can be ignored for normal lab purposes.

Here are some more details about the acidity of alcohols and phenols:
Phenols
Phenols have a pKa of 10, which makes them weakly acidic. They can lower the pH of a solution and should be diluted before use.
Alcohols
Alcohols have pKa values similar to water (pKa = 14), which makes them considered neutral. However, alcohols can act as an acid or a base depending on the solution they're in. For example, sodium metal can be added to an alcohol in an organic solvent to fully deprotonate it.