Acetylene vs Eikosylene - What's the difference?
acetylene | eikosylene |
(organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
(organic compound, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC?CH. It is a colourless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odour, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding or metallurgy.
(chemistry, archaic) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from lignite.