ethene
- noun
- /ˈiːθiːn/
- Specialized
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etileno
- Ethene is commonly used in the production of ethene polyethylene, a widely used plastic.
Examples
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So here we see now the hydrogens are popping off and going to reduce ethene over here.
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So we need to distinguish this and the name for this radical when we take ethylene or ethene is called vinyl vinyl.
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The chemical reactions involving ethene are important in the manufacture of various chemicals.
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In the laboratory, scientists often demonstrate reactions with ethene to showcase its properties.
Synonyms
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7.9
A colorless gas that burns easily and is used to make plastics and ripen fruit
How Flammable
Surface Forms
Morphology
ethene = ethylene (opaque) = eth + ene
The form is built from the technical combining form 'eth-' (two-carbon unit) plus the chemical suffix '-ene' (alkene), a specialized naming convention not obvious to average learners.
Etymology
Ethene comes from two parts: ethyl ('two-carbon group') and the ending -ene ('a chemical ending for a kind of hydrocarbon'). So ethene literally names the small two-carbon gas (also called ethylene), which explains why it is a simple, flammable building block used to make plastics and to help ripen fruit.