ethane

«ethane» in Mova's school dictionary: a gas with no colour or smell, made of carbon and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ethane, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ethane is a gas with no colour or smell, made of carbon and hydrogen, found in natural gas. tree →

2) It burns easily and is used in factories to make plastics. tree →

sense in the lessons

A chemistry word for older pupils, met when learning about fuels and the alkanes methane, ethane, propane and butane. Its formula is C2H6: two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. Phrases: «ethane gas», «methane and ethane».

examples

• Ethane is found in natural gas. tree →
• Ethane has two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. tree →
• Methane, ethane and propane are all gases that burn. tree →
• Factories turn ethane into the plastic used in bags. tree →
• Ethane has no smell at all. tree →
• We built a model of ethane with balls and sticks. tree →
• Saturn's moon Titan has lakes containing ethane and methane. tree →
• Never play near gas pipes, because gases like ethane can catch fire. tree →

note

Uncountable. Say «EE-thane». Do not confuse with ethanol (an alcohol) or methane (one carbon). The smell of gas at home is added on purpose so people notice leaks.

In the corpora

• Titan has rivers, lakes and seas, but they are filled with liquid methane and ethane, not water.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ethane» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.