Which of the follwing can be used to distinguish between ethane and ethene?

A lighted splinter

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Aqueous bromine

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Litmus solution

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Lime water

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Solution

The correct option is B
Aqueous bromine

Ethene decolorizes bromine water on reaction due to the breaking of double bond and formation of $C H_{3} B r - C H_{3} B r$ . While ethane doesn’t have a double bond due to which it doesn’t react with Br.

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