Ethylene
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title:
Ethylene
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Ethylene is a hydrocarbon which has the formula C2H4 or H2C=CH2. It is a colourless, flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky" odour when pure. It is the simplest alkene. Ethylene is widely used in the chemical industry, and its worldwide production exceeds that of any other organic compound. Much of this production goes toward creating polythene, which is a widely used plastic containing polymer chains of ethylene units in various chain lengths. Production emits greenhouse gases, including m
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Hydrocarbon compound (H₂C=CH₂)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene
date created:
2001-11-07T21:12:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T21:49:02Z
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