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
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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 2019 Because lakes on Titan's southern hemisphere, like Ontario Lacus, are a roughly equal mix of methane and ethane. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Cassini Found That Titan Has Lakes of Methane Resting on Giant Mesas," 16 Apr. 2019 Its output of liquids, including crude oil and natural-gas byproducts like ethane, was off 2% from a year earlier. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "Shell Needs to Produce Energy, Not Just Cash," 1 Nov. 2018 As pipelines continue to get crowded, some drillers are likely to boost production of compounds extracted from gas, such as ethane used to make plastic. — Ryan Collins And Naureen S. Malik, Houston Chronicle, "Pipeline shortage means West Texas gas has no place to go," 31 Mar. 2018These 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.
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