Ethane: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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General |
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| Name | Ethane |
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| Chemical formula | CH3CH3 |
| Formula weight | 30.07 amu |
| Synonyms | Dimethyl, Ethyl hydride, Methylmethane |
| CAS number | 74-84-0 |
| UN number | 1035 |
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Phase behavior |
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| Melting point | 90.34 K (-182.76°C) |
| Boiling point | 184.5 K (-88.6°C) |
| Triple point | 91 K (-182°C) 0.000011 bar |
| Critical point | 305 K (32°C) 49 bar |
| ΔfusH | 0.583 kJ/mol |
| ΔfusS | 6.46 J/mol·K |
| ΔvapH | 10 kJ/mol |
| Solubility | 4.7 ml/100 ml water |
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Liquid properties |
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| ΔfH0liquid | ? kJ/mol |
| S0liquid | 126.7 J/mol·K |
| Cp | 68 J/mol·K |
| Density | 0.548 ×103 kg/m3 |
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Gas properties |
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| ΔfH0gas | -83.8 kJ/mol |
| S0gas | ? J/mol·K |
| Cp | 52.49 J/mol·K |
| Safety | |
| Ingestion | Nausea, vomiting, internal hemorrhage. |
| Inhalation | Rapid breathing & heart rate. Headaches, mood disturbance, conufsion and seisures may occur. Danger of cardiac arrest in severe cases. |
| Skin | (Frostbite on exposure to cryogenic liquid) |
| Flash point | -135°C |
| Autoignition temperature | 515°C |
| Explosive limits | 3-12.5% |
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More info |
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| Properties | NIST WebBook |
| MSDS | Hazardous Chemical Database |
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SI units were used where possible. Unless otherwise stated, standard conditions were used. |
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Ethane is a chemical compound with chemical formula C2H6. It is an alkane, that is, an aliphatic hydrocarbon. At ordinary pressure and temperature ethane is a colourless, odourless gas.
It is the simplest saturated hydrocarbon containing more than one carbon atom. Ethane is a prominent compound of industrial importance, by converting it to ethylene or using it as a building block for the petrochemical industry, for the synthesis both of polyethylene plastic and other small compounds.
In industrial scale, ethane is produced from natural gas and from waste products of petroleum raffination. Chemical synthesis can be achieved by electrolysis of concentrated sodium acetate solutions (Kolbe electrolysis).
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methane | |
ethane | |
propane | |
butane | |
pentane | |
hexane | |
heptane | |
octane | |
nonane | |
decane | |
undecane
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