en ethene 1 ethylene
a colorless, flammable gaseous hydrocarbon of the olefin series with a disagreeable odour having the formula H2C=CH2 or C2H4 which is used as a fuel, an anesthetic, in hastening the ripening of fruits and to form polyethylene
fr éthène 1
a colorless, flammable gaseous hydrocarbon of the olefin series with a disagreeable odour having the formula H2C=CH2 or C2H4 which is used as a fuel, an anesthetic, in hastening the ripening of fruits and to form polyethylene

ethene

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eteen preferred

etüleen deprecated

ethene preferred

ethylene deprecated

éthène

a colorless, flammable gaseous hydrocarbon of the olefin series with a disagreeable odour having the formula H2C=CH2 or C2H4 which is used as a fuel, an anesthetic, in hastening the ripening of fruits and to form polyethylene

eteen preferred

etüleen deprecated

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Ditiokarbamaadid: Dodiin ... Endosulfaan ... Endriin ... Etioon ... Etüleen

ethene preferred

ethylene deprecated

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Ethylene - ambiguous commercial name; it was discarded by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) in 1993 and replaced by „ethene,“ the systematic name

éthène

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ethene

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