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Why Organic halogen compounds are less inflammable than the corresponding hydrocarbons?

Why Organic halogen compounds are less inflammable than the corresponding hydrocarbons?

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Soumya Ranjan Mohanty
117 Points
6 years ago
Dear student,
It is because in organic halogen compounds there are less number of C-H bonds than there are in corresponding hydrocarbons.
The more the number of C-H bonds, more is the inflammablilty(if other conditions are constant).
 
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Soumya Ranjan Mohanty (IIIT Bhubaneswar)

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