Pick out the wrong statement about the smoking tendency of various hydrocarbon constituents of kerosene?
ASmoking tendency of aromatics decreases with increase in its molecular weight
BSmoking tendency of hydrocarbons increases in the order: paraffins → isoparaffins →
CSmoking tendency of paraffins increases with decrease in its molecular weight
DSmoking tendency of naphthenes decreases with its increasing molecular weight & also on
Correct answer
C. Smoking tendency of paraffins increases with decrease in its molecular weight
Explanation
The correct answer is Smoking tendency of paraffins increases with decrease in its molecular weight.