What happens when calcium carbide is treated with water?

Chemistry · Class 11 · CBSEHydrocarbons

What happens when calcium carbide is treated with water?
  1. Ethane is formed.
  2. Methane and ethane are formed.
  3. Ethyne is formed.
  4. Ethene and ethyne are formed.

Answer

(C) Ethyne is formed.

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