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Name a substance/solution that could be used to distinguish alkane from an alkene. ​

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Answer: Bromine water

Step-by-step explanation:

Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons with single bond and the alkenes as unsaturated hydrocarbons with double bonds.

Bromine water is a chemical reagent which is used to distinguish between alkane and alkene.

It is of orange color in solution form and turns to colorless in alkene.

The alkanes to show any reaction with bromine water.

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