Find out to which type of chemical reaction the following changes belong (Substitution reaction, addition reaction, polymerization, thermal cracking)
(a) Methane $\to$ Chloromethane
(b) Propene $\to$ Polypropene
(c) Hexan $\to$ Butene + ethane
(d) Ethane $\to$ 1,2, dichloroethane

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Solution

(a) Substitution reaction
(b) Polymerization
(c) Thermal cracking
(d) Substitution reaction

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