The Test for an Alkane Gas.
1) An alkane gas has no colour.
2) An alkane gas may have a smell.
3) An alkane
gas has no effect on moist
litmus paper
or moist universal indicator
paper -
it is neutral.
4) An alkane gas will burn with a blue or yellow flame.
Specific Test.
There is no
specific test for an alkane
gas.
The burnt gas
products are carbon
dioxide and water
(see
Test for
Gases).
To distinguish an alkane from an alkene, see Test for Alkene Gas.
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