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Acetylene

• Category :

  Organic chemicals and Derivatives

• Synonyms :

  ethenylene;Ethine;Ethyne;Narcylen;Welding Gas;

• CAS NO :

  74-86-2

• EC NO :

  200-816-9

• Molecular Formula :

  C₂H₂

• Molecular Weight :

  26.0373

• Main Specifications :

  0.908

• InChI :

  InChI=1/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H

• Product description :

  Acetylene (C2H2) is a colorless, highly flammable gas.;A colorless gas with a faint garlic-like odor.;Illuminant, oxyacetylene welding, cutting and soldering metals, signalling, precipitating metals, manufacture of acetaldehyde, acetic acid, fuel for motor boats.;

• Uses :

  Used in optical spectrometry as an instrumentation gas; used in atomic absorption for elemental analysis as an instrumentation gas. Used as a fuel gas in atomic absorption spectrometry for elemental analysis.

• Molecular Structure :