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Q. Which carbide gives methane on hydrolysis?

JIPMERJIPMER 2001

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Aluminium carbide $ (A{{l}_{4}}{{C}_{3}}) $ gives methane on hydrolysis. This is also called aluminium methanide. $ A{{l}_{4}}{{C}_{3}}+12{{H}_{2}}O\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{Methane}{\mathop{3C{{H}_{4}}\uparrow }}\,+4Al{{(OH)}_{3}} $