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Question 9

A factory makes polymers from alkenes. A cylinder of hydrocarbon gas is labelled as an alkene, but it may contain an alkane instead.

Before using it, a chemist bubbles a sample of the gas through bromine water. The bromine water stays orange.

Which conclusion about the gas is correct?

[1]
A

The gas is an alkene, as labelled.

B

The gas has reacted with the bromine water.

C

The gas is an alkane, not an alkene.

D

The gas is a mixture of an alkane and an alkene.

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