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Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications?

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Carbon and its compounds give large amount of heat on combustion due to high precentage of carbon and hydrogen. Carbon compounds used as fuel have optimum ignition temperature with high calorific values and ae easy to handle. Their combustion can e controlled. Therefore, carbon and its compounds are used as fuels.
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  11. What is a homologous series ? Explain with an example.

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