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C2H6

 Dictionary entry overview: What does C2H6 mean? 

C2H6 (noun)
  The noun C2H6 has 1 sense:

1. a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuelplay

  Familiarity information: C2H6 used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


C2H6 (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

C2H6; ethane

Hypernyms ("C2H6" is a kind of...):

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

alkane; alkane series; methane series; paraffin; paraffin series (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))


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