In organic compound terms the difference between ethylene and melene
is that ethylene is 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 while melene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.
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)
melene
English
Noun
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.