ETHANE

ĕthˈān, CH3CH3, gaseous hydrocarbon. It is a continuous-chain alkane. As a constituent of natural gas, it is used for fuel. It can be prepared by cracking and fractional distillation of petroleum.

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books on: Ethane  - 198 results

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Industrial Complex Analysis and Regional Development: A Case Study of Refinery-Petrochemical-Synthetic-Fiber Complexes and Puerto Rico
Book by Walter Isard; Technology Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959
Subjects: Chemical industry--Puerto Rico, Industrial location--Case studies, Petroleum industry and trade--Puerto Rico
...C2-C2C3-C3 stream 0.275. By-product ethane = 21.89. 0.725 #10 Methane need = 11...Acetylene need = 10.12. Produced by cracking ethane by-product of ethylene separation. Ethane con sumed = 19.75. Leftover ethane = 21...
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The Location of the Synthetic-fiber Industry: A Case Study in Regional Analysis
Book by Joseph Airov; Technology Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959
Subjects: Textile Fibers, Synthetic
...Acrylonitrile from ethylene oxide via ethane and HCN from natural gas; vinyl chloride from ethylene dichloride via ethane. Variable costs are minimized by location...natural gas and ethylene oxide from ethane, chlorhydrin process; vinyl chloride...
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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Beginning Chemistry
Book by David E. Goldberg Ph.D.; McGraw-Hill, 2005
Subjects: Chemistry, Chemistry--Problems, Exercises, Etc
...In a certain experiment, 225 g of ethane, C2H6, is burned. (a) Write a balanced...chemical equation for the combustion of ethane to produce CO2 and water. (b) Determine the number of moles of ethane in 225 g of ethane. (c) Determine...
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Methodology in Basic Genetics
Book by Walter J. Burdette; Holden-Day, 1963
Subjects: Genetics--Methodology
...r II mutants by nitrous acid, 296 by ethyl ethane sulfonate, 294 by ethyl ethane sulfonate and low p H, 295 and by hydroxylamine...resistant to reversion by hydroxylamine, ethyl ethane sulfonate, low p H, and nitrous acid in this...
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How It Works: Science and Technology - Vol. 8
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2003
Subjects: Science--Encyclopedias, Technology--Encyclopedias
...words, saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane, are called alkanes or paraffins. The...CII3 C!1,-CII2-CII3 Illcth,!nc ethane pn>p,lne Of the three simplest hydrocarbon...only two carbons (ethyne, ethene, and ethane), ethyne is the most reactive, because...
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journal articles on: Ethane  - 113 results

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Saturn's Titan: a Strict Test for Life's Cosmic Ubiquity1
Journal article by Jonathan I. Lunine; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 153, 2009
Subjects: Astronomy, Earth, Environmental conditions, Moon, Planets
...and high latitude lakes of methane and ethane (27). This exotic landscape - water...through the action of liquid methane and ethane - is the result of Titans large size and...environment suitable for liquid methane and ethane. Such conditions, in which water is...
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Persistent Pesticides in Human Breast Milk and Cryptorchidism
Journal article by Ida N. Damgaard, Niels E. Skakkebaek, Jorma Toppari, Helena E. Virtanen, Heqing Shen, Karl-Werner Schramm, Jorgen H. Petersen, Tina K. Jensen, Katharina M. Main; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: Children, Pesticides
...trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p-DDT): 4.6/4.0; dieldrin...dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p-DDD); o,p-DDT; mirex...chlorophenyl)-2,2(4-chlorophenyl)ethane, trans-chlordane, alpha-HCH, and...
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Report of the Oil Pipeline Regulation Committee
Journal article; Energy Law Journal, Vol. 30, 2009
Subjects: Discounted cash flow, Energy policy, Master limited partnerships, Pipelines, Return on equity, United States
...Illinois Movement Mid-America moves ethane/propane mix from Channahon, Illinois...plant at Morris, Illinois (where the ethane/propane mix is used as a feedstock to...the movement as intrastate, because the ethane/propane mix was created and used in...
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Prenatal DDT Exposure in Relation to Anthropometric and Pubertal Measures in Adolescent Males
Journal article by Beth C. Gladen, Mark A. Klebanoff, Mary L. Hediger, Solomon H. Katz, Dana B. Barr, Mark D. Davis, Matthew P. Longnecker; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
...trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane, and o,p-DDT 1,1,1-trichloro...chlorophenyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane in the maternal serum. Outcomes examined...trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane, with o,p-DDT 1,1,1-trichloro...
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Coupling Aggressive Mass Removal with Microbial Reductive Dechlorination for Remediation of DNAPL Source Zones: A Review and Assessment
Journal article by John A. Christ, C. Andrew Ramsburg, Linda M. Abriola, Kurt D. Pennell, Frank E. Loffler; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: American Chemical Society, Battelle Press, National Research Council, Publishing industry
...Detoxification of vinyl chloride to ethane coupled to growth of an anaerobic bacterium...dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethane. Environ Sci Technol 36:5106-5116...Reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethane ONAPLS by a culture enriched from contaminated...
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magazine articles on: Ethane  - 53 results

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Early Detectiorn for Lung Cancer
Magazine article; ASEE Prism, Vol. 13, October 2003
...unique sensor system that can sniff out ethane at levels less than one part per billion. Trace amounts of hydrocarbons, including ethane, naturally leak from oil and gas reserves...a system to monitor minute amounts of ethane; software they developed combines the...
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Gassy Bugs: Microbes May Produce Propane under the Sea
Magazine article by J. Rehmeyer; Science News, Vol. 170, September 30, 2006
Subjects: Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe--Research, Microorganisms--Research, Propane--Research
...have been puzzled by periodic findings of ethane and propane in sediments that theyve pulled...buried organic matter. But sometimes, ethane and propane turn up in areas where that...up buried organic material and spew out ethane and propane as waste products, assert...
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A Moon like No Other: Larger Than Some Planets, Saturn's Biggest Moon Indeed Is a "Titan" of the Solar System
Magazine article by Judith Braffman-Miller; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 140, July 2011
Subjects: Satellites (Astronomical bodies)--Composition, Satellites (Astronomical bodies)--Discovery and exploration, Satellites (Astronomical bodies)--Measurement, Satellites--Composition, Satellites--Discovery and exploration, Satellites--Measurement, Saturn (Planet)--Discovery and exploration, Saturn (Planet)--Observations
...smoggy" chemicals such as methane and ethane. The smog is so thick that it actually...could consume hydrogen, acetylene, and ethane. The key conclusion of that paper...anomalous depletions of acetylene and ethane as well as hydrogen at the surface...
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Sabic Eyes the Future: Petrochemical
Magazine article; The Middle East, October 1994
Subjects: Petroleum chemicals industry--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Privatization--Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corp.--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments
...ammonia, and using readily available ethane and methane components of natural gas...original design capacity in 1993. The ethane-based ethylene cracker started up in...gas input. This is largely made up by ethane and methane collected from Saudi Aramcos...
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Dynamic Duo: Two Catalysts Build Valuable Carbon Chains
Magazine article by A. Cunningham; Science News, Vol. 169, April 15, 2006
Subjects: Carbonization--Research, Catalysts--Research, Chemical reactions, Goldman, Alan S.--Research, Rutgers University--Officials and employees
...decane--and a 2-carbon alkane-ethane. "Then, you are in great shape: Youve got the diesel fuel, and youve got the ethane; a gas that can be used as heating fuel...really like is, from hexane, to get only ethane and decane; says Brookhart. However...
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newspaper articles on: Ethane  - 23 results

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El Petrleo O Crudo Es Un Lquido Natural E Inflamable Que Consiste De Una Mezcl
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 30, 2011
...liquid, gaseous and solid hydrocarbons. Under surface pressure and temperature conditions, lighter hydrocarbons methane, ethane, propane and butane occur as gases, while pentane and heavier ones are in the form of liquids or solids. Source: eia.gov
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Finding Economic Security in Shale; Abundant Natural Gas Can Free Us from Foreign Dependency
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 21, 2011
Subjects: Natural gas--International trade, Revolutions
...chemical companies are seeing unexpected growth riding the coattails of the natural gas industry. The drilling byproduct ethane has been a leading factor in pushing the Dow Jones U.S. Chemical Index up 50 percent in the past year. Thats one of many...
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BREW MOON; Tea's Up as Probe Lands on Titan
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 15, 2005
Subjects: European Space Agency
...believe the smoggy moon is just like Earth was four billion years ago. The temperature is -180C (-292F) and it has seas of ethane and methane. The same chemicals - used in lighter fuel - are believed to rain on to the moon. Some scientists claim the conditions...
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Fly Away in a Balloon; Hot-Air Flight Is for Fun, Research
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 18, 2002
...contains both a hot-air compartment and a gas compartment. This is the kind of balloon Mr. Fossett used. It uses propane and ethane to heat the air, and it uses helium as its gas component. The reason someone like Mr. Fossett may want to use a combination...
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Joy as Euro Probe Lands on Saturn's Titan Moon
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 15, 2005
...atmosphere, made of a smoggy blanket of nitrogen, methane and ammonia. The surface is thought to consist of frozen methane and ethane, but may have steep mountains, craters, volcanoes and even lakes and seas. In many ways Titan resembles the Earth before...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ethane  - 13 results

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Ethane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ETHANE eth an, CH 3 CH 3 , gaseous hydrocarbon. It is a continuous-chain alkane . As a constituent of natural gas, it is used for...
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Hydrocarbon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...its molecule than the preceding member. The second alkane is ethane, C 2 H 6 , and the third is propane, C 3 H 8 . Alkanes have...hydrocarbons of low molecular weight, e.g., methane, ethane, and propane, are gases; those of intermediate molecular...
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Saturation , of an Organic Compound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...bonds and thus cannot undergo addition reactions. For example, ethane (H 3 C-CH 3 ) is a saturated compound. A compound is called...double bond readily reacts, e.g., with hydrogen to form ethane. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Formula , in Chemistry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the electron dot diagram, where each pair of dots represents a pair of shared electrons in a covalent bond. The diagrams for ethane (CH 3 CH 3 ), ethene, and ethyne are: ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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Alkane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...carbon atoms is joined to more than two other carbon atoms. The first four continuous-chain alkanes are methane , CH 4 ; ethane , C 2 H 6 ; propane , C 3 H 8 ; and butane , C 4 H 10 . Names of continuous-chain alkanes whose molecules contain more than...
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