ethenes

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A form of ethene — The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄

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noun
  1. pluralplural of ethene

    The chlorinated ethenes were determined gas chromatographically with N 2 as carrier gas using two bonded-phase fused silica capillary columns.

    2015 February 24, Tobias Goris et al., “Draft genome sequence and characterization of Desulfitobacterium hafniense PCE-S”, in Standards in Genomic Sciences, volume 10, →DOI
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