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Ethylene   /ˈɛθəlˌin/   Listen
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Ethylene  n.  (Chem.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.
Ethylene series (Chem.), the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and represented by the general formula CnH2n.





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"Ethylene" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Ethylene-chlor-hydrin, by passing ethylene and carbon dioxide into a 10 per cent. solution of bleaching powder at a temperature below zero centigrade, and subsequent concentration of the product to a 20 ...
— by Victor LeFebure • J. Walker McSpadden
... Marsh-gas (carburetted hydrogen or fire-damp), | (3) Carbon monoxide, | (4) Olefiant gas (ethylene, or heavy carburetted hydrogen), with other olefines, / (5) Nitrogen, | (6) Carbonic acid gas, | (7) Sulphuretted hydrogen, (8) ...
— The Story of a Piece of Coal - What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes • Edward A. Martin
... fuels have been used in fuel air explosive weapons. Among these are ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. Because of the ease with which is cloud of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide can be detonated, these two materials are the most commonly used. However, 25 these ...
— U.S. Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive - October 6, 1981. • Bertram O. Stull


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