1) Acetylene 2) Aliphatic compound 3) Alkyne 4) Flammable gas used in welding 5) Gas for welders 6) Simple hydrocarbon 1) Acetylene 2) Alkyne 
Colourless inflammable gas produced by mixing calcium carbide and water. It is the simplest member of the alkyne series of hydrocarbons. It is used in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene, and in oxyacetylene welding and cutting. Ethyne was discovered by English chemist Edmund Davy in 1836 and was used in early gas lamps, where it was p...
acetylene.