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Hello, so here in this question we are going to discuss about some important reactions of alkanes.
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Okay, so alkanes can be otherwise called as hydrocarbons.
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Okay, so alkanes generally have hydrogen and carbon.
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So they are going to be called as hydrocarbons.
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Now, the first important reaction that alkanes can have is combustion reactions, okay? so, combustion reaction is the burning of an alkan in presence of oxygen.
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Burning in presence of oxygen.
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So when it is burned, we will get carbon dioxide and water as the byproducts.
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And also there is a huge amount of heat and light that is being produced.
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Okay.
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So this is an exothermic.
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Reaction.
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Combustion reaction is an exothermic reaction.
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So if we need heat or light, we can actually use exothermic reactions...