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Explain hybridization in acetylene?

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Acetylene has $S p$ hybridization it has $50$ % S character which has greater electronegativity.
The bond length of $S p$ hybridized bond is less than $S p^{2}, S p^{3}$ .Acetylene exists as a gas molecule.

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