ethane
See also: éthane
English
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ĕth'ān, IPA(key): /ˈɛθeɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ēth'ān, IPA(key): /ˈiːθeɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɛθeɪn
Noun
ethane (usually uncountable, plural ethanes)
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- (organic chemistry, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
- (organic chemistry, countable) The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals.
- chlorinated ethanes; halogenated ethanes
- 1968, Transactions of the Faraday Society, Volume 64, page 1573,
- Analysis of the ethane fraction also revealed anomalous deuteration of the ethane, the ethanes C2H5D, C2H4D2 and C2H3D3 being observed as well as C2H6. Ethanes with more than three D atoms were not detected.
Derived terms
Translations
aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6
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