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# ethane

«ethane» in Mova's school dictionary: **a gas with no colour or smell, made of carbon and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ethane, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ethane is a gas with no colour or smell, made of carbon and hydrogen, found in natural gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#m1)

2) It burns easily and is used in factories to make plastics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A chemistry word for older pupils, met when learning about fuels and the alkanes methane, ethane, propane and butane. Its formula is C2H6: two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. Phrases: «ethane gas», «methane and ethane».

### examples

- Ethane is found in natural gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x1)
- Ethane has two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x2)
- Methane, ethane and propane are all gases that burn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x3)
- Factories turn ethane into the plastic used in bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x4)
- Ethane has no smell at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x5)
- We built a model of ethane with balls and sticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x6)
- Saturn's moon Titan has lakes containing ethane and methane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x7)
- Never play near gas pipes, because gases like ethane can catch fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. Say «EE-thane». Do not confuse with ethanol (an alcohol) or methane (one carbon). The smell of gas at home is added on purpose so people notice leaks.

### In the corpora

- [Titan has rivers, lakes and seas, but they are filled with liquid methane and ethane, not water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/13-saturns-moons/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ethane» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethane/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.