ethane
noun
eth·ane
| \ ˈe-ˌthān
, British usually ˈē-\
, British usually ˈē-\
Definition of ethane
: a colorless odorless gaseous alkane C2H6 found in natural gas and used as a fuel
Examples of ethane in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
When complete, the facility will employ about 500 workers manufacturing plastic pellets made from ethane, a byproduct of fracking, that can be used in products like food packaging and auto parts. — NBC News, "Shell workers would have lost pay if they missed Trump speech at plant," 18 Aug. 2019 The $6 billion plant, located outside of Pittsburg, is scheduled to open in early 2020 and will focus on producing plastic from ethane. — Paula Rogo, Essence, "Shell Workers In Pennsylvania Say They Were Told Either Attend A Trump Event Or Not Get Paid," 18 Aug. 2019 So, much of the ethane is stripped out of the gas before the methane is shipped. — Michael Corkery, New York Times, "A Giant Factory Rises to Make a Product Filling Up the World: Plastic," 12 Aug. 2019 Fractionators separate natural gas liquids into separate individual products, such as butane, ethane and propane, which can be used to make petrochemicals. — Marissa Luck, Houston Chronicle, "Phillips 66 profits boosted by pipeline, NGLs," 26 July 2019 A decade later, not far from that Pittsburgh G20 Summit, US energy giant Shell is preparing to enter the ethane-cracking market. — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "Japan’s single-use plastic problem on display at the G20 Summit," 28 June 2019 Shell is setting up a sprawling complex in Appalachia to turn ethane, a byproduct of natural gas, into even more plastic. — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "Japan’s single-use plastic problem on display at the G20 Summit," 28 June 2019 The two explorers brought many of Titan’s secrets to light, revealing a world whose lakes, rivers and canyons flowed with ethane and methane instead of water. — Amina Khan, latimes.com, "NASA to send huge Dragonfly drone to search for life on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon," 27 June 2019 The surface of Titan is extremely varied, with rivers, lakes, and oceans of liquid methane and ethane etching the moon’s water-ice bedrock. — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, "NASA Will Send a Helicopter to Hunt for Life on Saturn's Biggest Moon," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ethane.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more