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Limestone is heated strongly to give a gas X and a solid Y. Y is heated with coke at about 2300 K in an electric furnace to give a solid Z (and carbon monoxide). Z reacts with water to give a gas W and a base. Which statements are correct?

  1. AZ is calcium carbide, .
  2. BY dissolves in aqueous because it is amphoteric.
  3. CX turns lime water milky.
  4. DW is ethyne, which burns with a sooty flame.

Answer: A, C, D

(X is , Y is ). and . Ethyne burns with a sooty flame. is basic, not amphoteric.
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