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Ethylene vs Ethylenic - What's the difference?

ethylene | ethylenic |

As a noun ethylene

is ethylene.

As an adjective ethylenic is

(organic chemistry) containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative.

ethylene

English

Noun

  • (organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
  • (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.

    • Synonyms

    * IUPAC name: ethene

    Derived terms

    * ethylene glycol * ethylene oxide * ethylene-vinyl acetate * polyethylene * polyethylene terephthalate (ester)

    ethylenic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry) Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative
    • an ethylenic polymer
  • (organic chemistry) Pertaining to or characteristic of ethylene
    • the ethylenic double bond

    Derived terms

    * ethylenically