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Definition of "ethene" [eth•ene]

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ethene" in a sentence
  • "Peak oil signifies disaster for plastics producers — ethene, one of the raw materials used to make plastics, relies on abundant supplies of oil for production."
  • "But Dutch researcher Tymen Tiemersma thinks he has a solution: a reactor that can produce ethene from natural gas."
  • "Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español"