ethane
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- noun
- /ˈeɪθeɪn/
- Specialized
:
etano
- Once extracted, these liquids are separated into distinct products, or "fractions," such as propane, butane, and ethane.
So liquid methane rivers and liquid ethane lakes and vice versa.
- So liquid methane rivers and liquid ethane lakes and vice versa.
Examples
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More detailed theoretical modeling showed that such a surface liquid would probably be made up of ethane as well as methane, with some nitrogen gas dissolved in the mixture.
Academic text (2004) -
"We may also have a third type of ice, made from ethane."
Blog text (6) -
This is an important development as it increases Rex's access to the market for their ethane.
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Does the surface have lakes or seas of methane and ethane?
Academic text (2004) -
There was a lot more ethane and propane than their models had predicted, and surprisingly less methane.
Fiction book (2002) -
The petrochemical complex is a huge beneficiary of lower feedstock costs in the form of ethane, a natural gas derivative.
Blog text (6) -
Furthermore, the composition of Titan's atmosphere is complex: it is made up primarily of nitrogen, but a variety of hydrocarbons, such as methane, ethane, ethyne, and propane, are also present.
Academic text (2004) -
Suddenly, the US olefins business is shifting to make these workhorse chemicals from ethane, propane, and natural-gas liquids rather than naphtha, returning to the long-time ideal feedstocks used in the US.
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The facility will use ethane to produce high-quality plastics and chemicals.
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In the laboratory, scientists analyzed ethane for its potential use as a clean fuel.
Synonyms
A colorless, odorless gas used as a fuel and to make plastics
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Morphology
ethane = ethyl (opaque) = eth + ane
Formed from the combining form 'eth-' and the technical chemical suffix '-ane'; the parts are technical combining forms not recognizable as standalone English words for average learners.
Etymology
Ethane comes from ethyl plus the ending -ane, the same ending you see in methane and propane to name simple hydrocarbon gases. The ethyl part goes back to ether, a word for a 'very light' substance, so ethane is named as a simple, light gas related to those other fuels.