Carbon and its Compounds | Activities in Text Book with Solution
Activity 4.4
Light a bunsen burner and adjust the air hole at the base to get different types of flames/presence of smoke.
When do you get a yellow, sooty flame?
✅ Answer
- If there is no sufficient supply of air, it results in incomplete combustion of even saturated hydrocarbons giving a yellow, sooty flame.
✅ Answer
- In presence of a sufficient supply of air with oxygen, it gives a blue flame.