Definitions for ethane

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ethane eth·ane

Spelling: [eth-eyn]

IPA: /ˈɛθ eɪn/

Ethane is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in ethane (aeehnt).

Definitions for ethane

noun

1. a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.

Origin of ethane

First recorded in 1870-75; eth(yl) + -ane

Examples for ethane

We derived this substance from ethane by introducing a methyl group; hence it may be termed “methylethane.”

Add another of carbon and two more of hydrogen and you get the second "ethane."

We have pictured to ourselves the molecule of methane: let us do the same with ethane.

ethane, (C2H6), a hydrocarbon belonging to the paraffin series.

Acetylene combines with hydrogen in the presence of platinum black, and ethylene and then ethane result.

All we need trouble about, however, is the first two, Methane and ethane.