The fuel used for welding metals is a mixture of:

Ethyne and oxygen

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Ethyne and hydrogen

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Ethyne and carbon dioxide

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Ethyne and nitrogen

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Solution

The correct option is A
Ethyne and oxygen

Acetylene (ethyne) is used for oxy-acetylene welding at very high temperatures and these temperatures are obtained when ethyne burns in oxygen.

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