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For the same reason anything else burns with a sooty flame--not enough oxygen. What happens is, the outside of the flame gets all the air it wants, and the little oxygen that makes it through isn't enough to properly combust the fuel.

If you mix air with the fuel before you burn it, as is done in a carburetor or a welding torch, you don't get a sooty flame.

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Why benzene burns with sooty flame why not hexane?

Benzene burns with a sooty flame due to its incomplete combustion, which results in the formation of carbon particles (soot). Hexane, on the other hand, is a saturated hydrocarbon and tends to undergo complete combustion, resulting in a cleaner flame with less soot formation.


What organic compound is flammable and will burn with a sooty flame?

Hydrocarbons like alkanes (e.g. propane, butane) are organic compounds that can burn with a sooty flame due to incomplete combustion, which produces carbon particles.


What is sooty and non sooty flame and why it is occurred?

A sooty flame is yellow and produces soot or carbon due to incomplete combustion of fuel. A non-sooty flame is blue and indicates complete combustion, where fuel is completely burnt. The presence of soot in a flame is caused by insufficient oxygen supply or improper fuel-air mixture in the combustion process.


How do you change the type of Bunsen burner flame?

To change the type of Bunsen burner flame, adjust the air hole at the base of the burner. Closing the air hole will produce a yellow, sooty flame (reducing flame) while opening it will create a blue, non-sooty flame (oxidizing flame).


Do alkene burn with a non smoky flame?

Unsaturated hydrocarbons burn wih a luminous smoky flame. (unsaturated hydrocarbons are simply carbons with multiple bonds. they are known as unsaturated because they do not have the maximum amount of hydrogens attached as possible with the amount of given carbons.)

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Why benzene burns with sooty flame why not hexane?

Benzene burns with a sooty flame due to its incomplete combustion, which results in the formation of carbon particles (soot). Hexane, on the other hand, is a saturated hydrocarbon and tends to undergo complete combustion, resulting in a cleaner flame with less soot formation.


What organic compound is flammable and will burn with a sooty flame?

Hydrocarbons like alkanes (e.g. propane, butane) are organic compounds that can burn with a sooty flame due to incomplete combustion, which produces carbon particles.


What is a sooty flame in Hindi?

A sooty flame in Hindi is called "काला धुआंदार ज्वाला" (kala dhuanadar jwala).


How hot does benzene burn?

Benzene burns at a temperature typically around 1,700 degrees Celsius (3,092 degrees Fahrenheit) with a clean, blue flame.


What is sooty and non sooty flame and why it is occurred?

A sooty flame is yellow and produces soot or carbon due to incomplete combustion of fuel. A non-sooty flame is blue and indicates complete combustion, where fuel is completely burnt. The presence of soot in a flame is caused by insufficient oxygen supply or improper fuel-air mixture in the combustion process.


Is sooty flame a luminous or non luminous?

A sooty flame is typically considered a non-luminous flame because it does not produce significant visible light. It appears dark or dim due to the presence of unburned carbon particles (soot) in the flame.


How do you change the type of Bunsen burner flame?

To change the type of Bunsen burner flame, adjust the air hole at the base of the burner. Closing the air hole will produce a yellow, sooty flame (reducing flame) while opening it will create a blue, non-sooty flame (oxidizing flame).


Is a sooty flame contains gases and tiny solid particles?

yes


Does cyclohexane burn in air?

Cyclohexane is an alkane and it burns in air with an orange flame and black sooty smoke. The orange flame indicates incomplete combustion. This means there is a lack of oxygen in the air for all the carbon in the alkane to be converted into carbon dioxide (which is complete combustion) so some carbon and carbon monoxide is formed which is the black sooty smoke (incomplete combustion).


An organic compound burns with a sooty flame is it a saturated or unsaturated compound?

hydrocarbons, in general.


Why do different substances catch fire at different temperature?

It basically depends upon the saturation of hydrocarbons.Alkanes generally burn in air with a blue flame because %age of carbon is low which gets oxidised completely by the oxygen as copare to unsaturated hydrocarbons,but production of flame depends upon availability of oxygen too, in secant concentration of oxygen sooty flame or no any flame will be observed and substance at that time will produce energy slowly with sooty flame or just smoke only.


What are elements when hydrocarbon burns?

When a hydrocarbon is burnt in the presenceof oxygen it gives heat, light, and carbon dioxide gas producing a sooty or non-sooty flame