Ethylene is widely used in the chemical industry, and its worldwide production exceeds that of any other organic compound.
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10 Facts About Ethylene
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Ethylene is an important natural plant hormone and is used in agriculture to force the ripening of fruits.
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Ethylene is oxidized to produce ethylene oxide, a key raw material in the production of surfactants and detergents by ethoxylation.
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Ethylene has long represented the major nonfermentative precursor to ethanol.
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Ethylene is dimerized by hydrovinylation to give n-butenes using processes licensed by Lummus or IFP.
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Ethylene is a hormone that affects the ripening and flowering of many plants.
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Ethylene is produced by several methods in the petrochemical industry.
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Ethylene is separated from the resulting mixture by repeated compression and distillation.
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Ethylene is a fundamental ligand in transition metal alkene complexes.
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Ethylene appears to have been discovered by Johann Joachim Becher, who obtained it by heating ethanol with sulfuric acid; he mentioned the gas in his Physica Subterranea .
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