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Give a chemical test to distinguish between : Ethene gas and ethane gas.
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When bromine is passed through solutions of each of the gases in an inert solvent [CCl4] at room temperature, incase of ethene gas, brown colour of bromine is discharged whereas in case of ethane gas brown colour remains brown.
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