yǐ​wán

ethane

  • created sense approved 乙烷 · yǐ​wán · ethane — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乙烷

    yǐ​wán

    ethane

    a colorless, odorless, flammable gas found in natural gas and petroleum; it is a key raw material in the petrochemical industry used for fuel and organic synthesis

    乙 (literal) → 乙 · yǐ · ethyl 烷 (bound) → 烷 · wán · alkane

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense