ethane

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR: ĕth'ān, IPA: /ˈɛθeɪn/
• (RP) enPR: ēth'ān, IPA: /ˈiːθeɪn/

Noun

ethane (uncountable)

1. (organic compound, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
2. (organic compound, countable) The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals.

   chlorinated ethanes; halogenated ethanes

   • 1968, Transactions of the Faraday Society, Volume 64, page 1573 ↗,

     Analysis of the ethane fraction also revealed anomalous deuteration of the ethane, the ethanes C₂H₅D, C₂H₄D₂ and C₂H₃D₃ being observed as well as C₂H₆. Ethanes with more than three D atoms were not detected.

Translations

• French: éthane
• German: Ethan, Äthan
• Italian: etano
• Portuguese: etano
• Russian: эта́н
• Spanish: etano

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