ethene
Noun
Meaning
Ethylene; olefiant gas.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
ethylene
olefiant gas
gas
paraffin
plastic
olefin
terephthalate
tetrafluoroethylene
perchloroethylene
ethylenic
ethylenically
ethylenevinylacetate
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Examples
Frequently, loss of ethene gas is used to drive the reaction towards a desired product.
This method, however, is expensive and inefficient, so the addition polymer of ethene (polyethylene) is generally used.