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Q.

Acetylene burns with a sooty flame. This is because:

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a

It is a saturated hydrocarbon.

b

It is an unsaturated hydrocarbon.

c

It is cyclic hydrocarbon.

d

It is aromatic hydrocarbon.

answer is B.

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Acetylene burns with a sooty flame. This is because it is an unsaturated hydrocarbon.

Acetylene is the unsaturated hydrocarbon having triple covalent bond between two carbon atoms. 

When unsaturated hydrocarbon is burned in air, it does not get completely oxidised, thereby producing a sooty flame.

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