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Burning an empty Styrofoam container results in volumes of black sooty flames. On the basis of this observation alone, to what class of hydrocarbons would you suspect a component of the polystyrene polymer found in Styrofoam belongs? Explain.
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DrBob222
A classic test for aromaticity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrene
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