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Why does benzene burn with a sooty flame and ethane with blue flame

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The flame which has unburnt carbon PARTICLES DUE to which it gives out blackish smoke, ... hydrocarbons DONOT undergo complete combustion and HENCE GIVE a sooty flame. Sincebenzene is unsaturated hydrocarbon itburns with a sooty flame while ethanebeing. a saturated hydrocarbon burnswith a non-sooty blue flame



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