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Ethyne, or acetylene, has the chemical formula CH 2 CH 2, with a triple bond between the two carbons.
Calcium carbide, made by reacting calcium oxide with carbon in the form of coke, is the starting material for the production of acetylene.
His sun-valve was fitted in a number of lighthouses powered by acetylene gas.
Acrylonitrile is another product of acetylene, formed in a reaction with hydrogen cyanide.
The oxyacetylene torch, for example, produces heat by burning acetylene gas in pure oxygen.
The fire started in the 20-metre by 10-metre workshop which contained a cylinder of hazardous acetylene.
Observers have long known that Titan's atmosphere contains methane, ethane, acetylene and many other hydrocarbon compounds.
We use the heat produced by the burning of acetylene in the flame of the oxyacetylene torch to make welds.
Excess acetylene should be vented from reaction flasks, tubing, etc., rather than scrubbed with strong base to avoid the formation of acetylides.
Less obvious and more tentative identifications include methyl cyanide, sulfur dioxide, acetylene.
Even dry-cleaning fluid, which is generally trichloroethylene, can be made from acetylene.
Many of these vinyl compounds are made by the reaction of acetylene with electrophiles.
Firefighters were forced to retreat when they realised that the building contained acetylene canisters, gas bottles and diesel barrels.
The selected design is based on non-linear spectroscopy in low-pressure acetylene.
Calcium carbide granulates are used for the production of acetylene, a welding gas.
In 1905, the candle, oil and petrol lamps were definitively replaced by acetylene, a derivative of calcium carbide.
That same year, the company opened a second oxygen plant in Toronto, followed by the first acetylene plant just two years later.
Once the valve was freed, using an acetylene torch, the engineers positioned it to maximize the flow at the pump suction.
While dealing with the blaze, the fire fighters also came across a number of cylinders including two that contained highly volatile acetylene gas.
This mass shall not include the mass of valve, valve cap or valve guard, any coating, or porous material for acetylene.
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A method frequently employed for the determination of phosphine in acetylene is one devised by Lunge and Cedercreutz.
The fourth section deals with the question of authorisation for the installation of acetylene plant.
In addition, it is saturated with acetylene which adds to its value as a germicide.
Dissolved acetylene is also very useful for acetylene welding or autogenous soldering.
According to bullier, however, acetylene must contain 80 per cent of phosphine to render it spontaneously inflammable.
The simplicity of the manufacture of acetylene from calcium carbide and water gives to this gas a great advantage in some cases.
A gas which has played a prominent part in lighting is acetylene, produced by the interaction of water and calcium carbide.
Or if hydrogen sulfide is mixed with the acetylene we may get thiophenes, which have sulfur in the ring.
If the latent illuminating power of acetylene is not to be wasted, the diluent must not be selected without thought.
Acetone, which is also made from acetylene, can be converted directly into rubber by fuming sulfuric acid.
As already stated, the highest proportion of phosphine yet found in acetylene is 2.3 per cent.
As soon as the carbide touches the water, it gives off acetylene gas.
The acetylene formed is disengaged and enters the gasometer.
Finer grades are cut into slate pencils and acetylene burners.
We re-charged the acetylene lamps, for we intended to sit up late.
The acetylene lamps on the machines also gave good illumination.
David saw the flash of the acetylene lamps on his bedroom blind.
Another idea of the meaning of endothermic is obtained from acetylene.
The acetylene is bought in tanks, and the air compressed by a pump.
Only two of them, methane and acetylene, will be discussed here.
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