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Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution. Pure acetylene is odorless but commercial grades usually have a marked odor due to impurities.As an alkyne acetylene is unsaturated because its two carbon atoms are bonded together in a triple bond.

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