: a colorless odorless gaseous alkane C2H6 found in natural gas and used as a fuel
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The industry’s plastic/polyester paralysis—primarily made with fracked ethane—is a not-so-fun fact that the majority of shoppers are oblivious to.
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Instead, Titan’s rivers and seas are filled with a mix of light hydrocarbons, mostly methane and ethane—and a new study suggests that those liquid bodies may play host to waves that have shaped their coastlines via erosion.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 20 June 2024
Furthermore, the action of the sun's radiation on these ices spurs chemical reactions that produce organic byproducts such as acetylene, ethane, propane, as well as various carbon oxides, all of which were found as ices on Chiron's surface by the JWST.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes of liquid methane and ethane that are made of organic molecules, as are its hydrocarbon sand dunes.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Instead, Titan’s rivers and seas are filled with a mix of light hydrocarbons, mostly methane and ethane—and a new study suggests that those liquid bodies may play host to waves that have shaped their coastlines via erosion.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 20 June 2024
Furthermore, the action of the sun's radiation on these ices spurs chemical reactions that produce organic byproducts such as acetylene, ethane, propane, as well as various carbon oxides, all of which were found as ices on Chiron's surface by the JWST.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes of liquid methane and ethane that are made of organic molecules, as are its hydrocarbon sand dunes.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Ethane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethane. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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ethane
noun
eth·ane
ˈeth-ˌān 
: a colorless odorless gas that consists of carbon and hydrogen, is found in natural gas, and is used especially as a fuel
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