Product
Ethylene
Map of Ethylene Sub-Products producing locations in ppPLUS

Product Categories, Description and Properties

Segment
Chemicals
Main-Family
Unsaturated Monomers
Sub-Family
Aliphatic Olefins
Description

Ethylene, or ethene, is a hydrocarbon which has the formula C2H4 or H2C=CH2. It is a colorless flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky" odour when pure. It is the simplest alkene (a hydrocarbon with carbon-carbon double bonds). In the petrochemical industry, a primary method of ethylene production is steam cracking (SC). Other technologies employed for the production of ethylene include Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and methanol-to-olefins (MTO).

Source: Wikipedia, Ethylene

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Building Block / Value Chain - Info

Value Chain Building Block
Properties

Status
A
Unit of Measure
Metric Ton
Physical State

Gas

System Info

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Last Update
7/16/2024 4:09 PM
Added
2/15/2021 11:38 AM