Caustic Burno
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Ah you are right and it is triple bond between an ethane molecule and an anomaly.
It actually has less btu value than Hydrogen by the pound more by the cubic foot more due to rate of burn.
Propane flame has almost twice the heating value of acetylene its speed of burning is approximately one half that of acetylene that is why it produces more heat due to rate of burn.
Again it is an anomaly and too highly explosive to be a viable alternative.
Double bonds between hydrocarbons fall in two categories aromatics and olefins.
They are a low percentage on natural occurring hydrocarbons most of the barrel
is paraffin naphtha and isomers the low octane of the barrel. Through Catalytic reactions
using acids or metals the aromatics and olefins are created enhancing the octane
This occurs by breaking long chain molecules which breaks off a hydrogen resulting in the double bonding.
Alkylation works in reverse by combing isobutane together with butiene to from high octane gasoline resulting in a 2-2-4 tri-methylpentane this is the standard for the 100 octane rating in the industry.
Types of carbon-carbon bonds
Whether or not the compound contains a carbon-carbon double bond is shown by the two letters immediately after the code for the chain length.
code means
an only carbon-carbon single bonds
en contains a carbon-carbon double bond
