Pick out the wrong statement about the smoking tendency of various
hydrocarbon constituents of kerosene.
(A) Smoking tendency of hydrocarbons increases in the order: paraffins →
isoparaffins → naphthenes → aromatics
(B) Smoking tendency of paraffins increases with decrease in its molecular
weight

1 Answer

Answer :

(B) Smoking tendency of paraffins increases with decrease in its molecular
weight

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