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Question
Write scientific reason.
Ethylene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon.
Solution
- Hydrocarbons containing at least one carbon-carbon double or triple bond are called unsaturated hydrocarbons.
- The structure of ethylene is CH2 = CH2. It has a double bond and hence, it is an unsaturated hydrocarbon.
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