acetylene
IPA: ʌsˈɛtʌɫin
noun
- (organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
- A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.
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Examples of "acetylene" in Sentences
- They have to tanks oxygen and acetylene.
- HCCH is the chemical formula for acetylene.
- The reaction is used as a test for acetylene.
- An excess of acetylene creates a carbonizing flame.
- It is composed of both acetylene and alkene groups.
- The acetylene is definetely not dissolved in acetone.
- Acetylene is commonly used in combination with oxygen.
- Furthermore, the intermediate vinyl acetylene is unstable.
- The inner cone is where the acetylene and the oxygen combine.
- Also, much modern torch use acetylene is still made this way.
- The cylinders contained acetylene, which is a highly energetic chemical.
- The acetylene is pumped into the cylinder and it dissolves in the solvent.
- The world learned one morning of a new gas called acetylene, clear, brilliant, cheap, and simply made from calcium carbide.
- These are known as acetylene dichloride and tetrachloride respectively, or more systematically as dichlorethylene and tetrachlorethane.
- The signature of a baseline molecule, called acetylene (C2H2), was seen for both types of stars, but hydrogen cyanide was seen only around stars like our sun.
- Another use for acetylene, which is only dependent upon a suitably lowered price for carbide to become of some importance, consists in the preparation of a black pigment to replace ordinary lampblack.
- The location is what we call a packaged gases or cylinder gases location that puts various types of gases, primarily acetylene, which is used for welding, but other types of gases as well into cylinders for distribution to customers.
- Fittings are now being specially made for acetylene, which is a step in the right direction, because, in addition to superior taps and joints being essential, smaller bore piping and smaller through-ways to the taps than are required for coal-gas serve for acetylene.
- When those two substances are mixed together the hydrogen of the water leaves its original partner, oxygen, and the carbon of the calcium carbide leaves the calcium, uniting together to form that particular compound of hydrogen and carbon, or hydrocarbon, which is known as acetylene, whose formula is C_2H_2; while the residual calcium and oxygen join together to produce calcium oxide or lime, CaO.