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ethene

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eth·ene  (thn)
n.
See ethylene.
[eth(yl) + -ene.]
ethene [ˈɛθiːn]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the technical name for ethylene
ethene  (thn)
See ethylene.
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Noun1.ethene - a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
ethylene
alkene, olefin, olefine - any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
TCE, trichloroethane, trichloroethylene - a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely


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Chang, Mass Spectrometry of particles Formed in a Deuterated Ethene Diffusion Flame, Anal.
The remarkable metrological history of radiocarbon dating [II] by Currie, Lloyd A. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
While previously identified microbes can degrade these solvents to less dangerous compounds, the new bacterium converts them to the nontoxic gas ethene, the researchers report in the June 6 Science.
A bacterium that munches on solvents by Travis, John / Science News
Being the focus of medium-and-long-term national energy development strategy, the new coal chemical industry mainly occupies itself with production of clean energy and substitutes such as diesel oil, gasoline, aviation fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, the raw material ethene and polypropylene, alternative fuels (methyl alcohol, dimethyl aether) etc.
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