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Give an example of the following:
A carbon compound which burns with a sooty flame.

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Unsaturated carbon compound like ethyne burns with sooty flame.
Acetylene burn to produce yellow sooty flame due to incomplete combustion in air.
Here the percentage of carbon is more than alkane so doesn't get completely oxidized in air.

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