True / False

State whether the following statements are True or False : Acetylene is colourless, odourless gas.

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Correct Answer

Solution

Acetylene is colourless with garlic odour gas.

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

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Acetylene is thermodynamically unstable and readily explodes, therefore it is stored in commercial cylinders used for an oxy-acetylene torch for welding. These cylinders contain:

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Which of these will not reach with acetylene?

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Propyne and propene can be distinguished by :

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Ethyne on reaction with dil. $$H_{2}SO_{4}$$ and $$Hg(II)$$ gives

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Which of the following gives silver nitrate test?

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Fill in the blank: Acetylene is practically insoluble in water but very soluble in ______.

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Fill in the blanks : Carbon-carbon distance is shortest in ______ (ethane, ethene, ethyne).

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State whether the following statements are True or False : Ethyne and its derivatives will give white precipitate with ammoniacal silver nitrate solution.

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State whether the following statements are True or False : In Holme's signal of the ship, the torch contains $$CaC_{2}$$ and $$Al_{4}C_{3}$$.

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Given the structural formula for the following: Ethyne.

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