Procedure:
Water is dripped cautiously onto some lumps of calcium carbide.
Observation:
The produced gaseous ethyne burns with a bright and sooty flame.
Explanation:
Calcium carbide reacts with water under formation of ethyne (acetylene) according to
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This means that also substances with positive μ can be produced.
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