Apart from using combustion, bromine liquid or potassium manganate (VII) solution,describe how you would distinguish between ethene and ethyne by chemical means.

Apart from using combustion, bromine liquid or potassium manganate (VII) solution, describe how you would distinguish between ethene and ethyne by chemical means.

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Bubble each gas through ammoniacal silver nitrate solution.
Ethyne forms a yellow precipitate: ethene does not.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 22, 2019 at 07:46

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