{"id":5200,"date":"2021-06-16T21:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/acetylene\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:27:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:27:22","slug":"acetylene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/acetylene\/","title":{"rendered":"acetylene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acetylene<\/strong> it's a concept<\/strong> that comes from french ac\u00e9tyl\u00e8ne<\/em>. This word, in turn, is formed by ac\u00e9tyle<\/em> (which can be translated as \"acetyl\"<\/strong>) Y -Jan<\/em> (the ending \"-Eno\"<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

As you can see, it is possible to know more about the idea of \u200b\u200bacetylene by analyzing its etymological components. Acetyl<\/strong> is he radical<\/strong> which corresponds to acetic acid<\/strong>; A radical, meanwhile, is a set of atoms that, in a chemical compound, acts as a unit and passes unchanged from one combination to another.<\/p>\n

\"Call\"<\/p>\n

Acetylene is a highly flammable hydrocarbon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Termination -no<\/strong>, for its part, refers to the field of chemistry<\/strong> to the hydrogen carbides<\/strong>. It should be noted that carbides are combinations of carbon and metals.<\/p>\n

What is acetylene<\/h2>\n

The etymology<\/strong> acetylene refers to acetyl<\/strong> and links to radicals<\/strong>, carbides<\/strong>... But what specifically is acetylene? It's about a gaseous hydrocarbon<\/strong> characterized by its high flammability.<\/p>\n

The hydrocarbons<\/strong> They are compounds that arise when carbon combines with hydrogen. In the specific case of acetylene, it is generated when the Water<\/strong> (substance formed by two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen) acts on the calcium carbide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Continuing with the acetylene classification, we are facing a alkyne<\/strong>: a aliphatic hydrocarbon<\/strong> (that is, not aromatic) that presents triple DC links<\/strong> (carbon-carbon<\/strong>). Also know as ethyne<\/strong>, acetylene has two carbon atoms and two hydrogen atoms, its molecular formula being C2H2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

His discovery<\/h2>\n

Edmund davy<\/strong> was the one who accidentally discovered acetylene while trying to isolate potassium<\/strong>. On 1836<\/strong>, Davy<\/strong> heated potassium carbonate with carbon, generating the residue that today is called potassium carbide<\/strong>. Potassium carbide, in turn, releases this gas by reacting with water.<\/p>\n

Despite the find, it took more than two decades for acetylene to return to attention. It was the French chemist Marcellin Berthelot<\/strong> who in 1860<\/strong>, rediscovered this gas<\/strong> and christened it acetylene.<\/p>\n

\"Weld\"<\/p>\n

There are welding equipment that uses acetylene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Acetylene Properties<\/h2>\n

Acetylene is explosive<\/strong>: it explodes, for example, when it is compressed without being in solution in another substance. Its decomposition occurs through a exothermic reaction<\/strong> (releases Energy<\/strong>), with a calorific value of 24,000 kcal \/ kg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

East colorless gas<\/strong> is lighter than the air<\/strong>. It can be obtained by rapid cooling of volatile petroleum fragments with high-boiling oils or natural gas flames.<\/p>\n

It is usual that acetylene is obtained with the reaction of Water<\/strong> on calcium carbide<\/strong>. This process gives rise to the appearance of acetylene and calcium hydroxide.<\/p>\n

Uses and applications<\/h2>\n

The first uses of acetylene were in the field of illumination<\/strong>. The combination of reduced cost, ease of generation and calorific power made it an ideal element to be used as lighting gas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Thus, at the beginning of the twentieth century<\/strong> Systems were devised with levers, valves and other resources that allowed to graduate the fall of the water on the carbide for the adequate obtaining of the gas in lamps<\/strong>, generators<\/strong> and other artifacts.<\/p>\n

Over time, acetylene also began to be used in torches<\/strong>, cinematographers<\/strong>, projectors<\/strong> Y car headlights<\/strong>. Currently it is even used for the manufacture of solvents<\/strong> and other products.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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