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Why does ethyne ( acetylene ) burn with a scooty flame?

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Ethyne (acetylene) burn with a sooty flame because ethyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon and the percentage of carbon in these hydrocarbons is comparatively higher which does not get oxidised completely in oxygen of air.

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(iii) Ethyne is used for welding and cutting metals.

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