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Methane can be partially oxidised, and the heat generated used to make acetylene.

Chemical engineers call this a "cracking" process, possibly because one carbon species, methane, forms two: acetylene and carbon monoxide.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

6
CH4
  +  
O2
         
2
HC≡CH
  +  
2
CO
  +  
10
H2
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Methane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetylene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon monoxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Cracking, Thermal
Decomposition by Heat (Pyrolysis)
Industrial Process: Organic
Redox

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