Why do alkanes burns with blue or clear flames?

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The saturated hydrocarbon (alkanes) generally burn in air with a blue non Sooty (clean) flame . this is because the percentage of carbon in the saturated hydrocarbon is comparatively low which gets oxidised completely by 0xygen present in air .

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