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Organic Chemistry

we know that only gaseous substances burn with flame.then why etanol being liquid burns with blue flame ?
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Profile image of SHRINATH DWAN
15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of SAGAR SINGH - IIT DELHI
15 Years ago

Dear student,

Ethanol is a hydrocarbon and it burns with bule flame due to the presence of carbon and hydrogen in it....

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