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acetylene
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acetylene /acet·y·lene/ (ah-set´ĭ-lēn) HCtbondCH, a colorless, volatile, explosive gas, the simplest alkyne (unsaturated, triple-bonded hydrocarbon).
a·cet·y·lene (-stl-n, -n)
n.
A colorless, highly flammable, and explosive gas used for metal welding and cutting and as an illuminant.
acetylene
[əset′əlēn]
a colorless, highly flammable gas that is the simplest of the alkynes. Also called ethyne.
acetylene
a colorless, combustible, explosive gas, the simplest triple-bonded hydrocarbon.


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They're acetylenes and propylenes and all the other kind of stuff, which are extremely explosive, and the only thing that kept the lid on that building there is because all the nitrogen was in there and prevented that kind of explosion.
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