explain why butane is preferred to be used as cooking gas than hexane?
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Answer:
A fuel is any material that can react with oxygen to release energy from a potential form into a usable form. There are many different types of fuel. Solid fuels include coal, wood and peat. All these types of fuel are combustable, they create fire and heat. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by mining. It is a readily combustible black or brownish-black rock. It is composed primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons, along with assorted other elements, including sulfur. Non-solid fuels include oil and gas (both fuel types have various varieties).
Butane is used for cooking purpose rather than Hexane because it has four carbon atoms and remains in the gaseous state at room temperature and pressure while hexane does not occur in the gaseous form.
Explanation:
- Butane is an alkane compound which is organic in nature with four carbon atoms and can be used for cooking purposes.
- On other hand, Hexane remains a compound and it cannot occur at gaseous state in a way that it can be used for the cooking purposes.
To know more:
1) Differentiate between n haxane and 1 hexene
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2) Give all the isomers of butane, pentane and hexane
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