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Acetylene can be manufactured by the non-catalytic pyrolysis of a range of hydrocarbons. Even coal can be used.

Very high temperatures (electric arc furnace) and low residence times are employed. Or, oxygen can be added to give a flame in which the acetylene is generated.

The acetylene (up to 14 % by vol) has to be purified, usually by solvent extraction in something like DMF.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
CH4
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Naphtha
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HC≡CH
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H2C=CH2
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Cracking, Thermal
Decomposition by Heat (Pyrolysis)
Industrial Process: Organic

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