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Why does ethyne (acetylene) burns with a sooty flame?

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Unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as acetylene have high percentage of carbon. They have a higher percentage of carbon as compared to corresponding alkanes and alkenes. When ethyne is burned in air, it does not get completely oxidised, thereby producing a sooty flame.

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