- Colourless gas - Flammable gas - Odourless gas - Petroleum component - Strange hen ate fuel gas - A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of
ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin
series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol,
aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
- Flammable hydrocarbon gas - A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an
important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the
action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated
compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily
liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also
ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.