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Ethylene
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Description
Ethylene (or IUPAC name ethene) is the chemical compound with the formula CH2 CH2. It is the simplest alkene. Because it contains a double bond, ethylene is called an unsaturated hydrocarbon or an olefin. It is exceedingly important in industry and even has a role in biology as a hormone. Ethylene is the organic compound produced on the largest scale: global production of ethylene exceeded 75,000,000 metric tonnes per year in 2005. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Ethylene (Wikipedia)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Ethylene
- Part Display Name
- Ethylene
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Ethylene
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 乙烯 Synonyms: 2-亚乙基; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Éthylène |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Etüleen |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Etileno |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Etilene |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Etilen |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Этилен |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | ethyleen |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Éthylène |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Éthylène |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Etylen Synonyms: Eten |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Αιθυλένιο Synonyms: Αιθυλένιο |
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