A mixture of Oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding can you tell why a mixture of Ethane and air is not used....
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mixture of ethyne and oxygen is not used for welding because in presence of air ethyne produces a sooty flame due to incomplete combustion which is not hot enough to melt metals for welding.
ethane and air is not used as not much heat is produced to weld the metals
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