Product Details : 

• CAS : 74-86-2
• UN : 1001
• Specific Volume : 0.902 m3/kg at 15 Degree C
• Melting Point : -80.8 Degree C at 1.013 bar
• Molecular Weight : 26.038
• Boiling Point : -84.15 Degree C at 1.013 bar
• Density : 1.109 kg/m3 at 15 Degree C
• Vapour Pressure : 43.41 bar at 20 Degree C
• Flammability Range in Air : 2.2 - 85.0

Source:

• Acetylene (C2H2) Ethyne is manufactured commercially by reaction between calcium carbide and water and as a by-product of ethylene production

Characteristics:

• Flammable colourless gas with ether-like odour when very pure, otherwise Gaelic-like.

Health risks:

• Asphyxiant, anaesthetic

Application:

• Acetylene (C2H2) Ethyne is used as a raw material for the production of electrically conducting plastics, such as polyacetylene.
• It is most commonly used in combination with oxygen for cutting or welding material such as mild steel, where the standard industrial grade is sufficient.
• It is used in organic synthesis as well as in chemical synthesis.
• It is used in the cultivation of plant; it improves the forming of flowers.
• It is used as a component in calibration gases for the gas, oil as well as chemical industry.
• It is still used in some lighthouses as the light fuel source.
• It is one of the components in lung testing gases.

This unsaturated hydrocarbon exhibits high chemical reactivity and is an important intermediate in the chemical industry. It is employed for the production of:

• Acetaldehyde
• Acrylic acids
• Acrylic ethers
• Carbazole
• Chloroethene
• Diols
• Ethene
• Ethenoxyethenes ( vinyl ethers)
• Ethenyl acetate ( Vinyl Acetate)
• Neoprene
• Trichloroethene
• Pyrrolidine
• Trichloroethene