Which of the following is used in kitchen stoves as the fuel for flame in gas cylinders?
A hard material X which is mined from the earth is used as a household fuel and also for the generation of electricity at Thermal Power Stations. A soft material Y is also used as a fuel in the form of candles. A gaseous material Z which occurs along with petroleum is increasingly being used as a fuel in running vehicles in its compressed form. (a) What are the materials, X, Y and Z? (b) When materials X, Y and Z are burned separately: (i) Which material burns by producing a yellow, luminous flame? (ii) Which material ultimately burns without producing a flame? (iii) Which material can burn in a gas stove by producing a blue flame?
Give one word/a few words for each of the following.
Fuel used as cooking gas in the kitchen