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acetylene  

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  • Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C₂H₂ and structure H−C≡C−H. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in its pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution. Pure acetylene is odorless, but commercial grades usually have a marked odor due to impurities such as divinyl sulfide and phosphine. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylene)

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  • ethyne

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