Define ethylene. ethylene synonyms, ethylene pronunciation, ethylene translation, English dictionary definition of ethylene. n. A colorless flammable gas, C2H4, derived from natural gas and petroleum and also occurring as a natural plant hormone, used as
acrylic esters such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and methacrylates, other acrylic or methacrylic compounds such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, acrylonitrile and the acrylamides, and other compounds such as allyl alcohol, vinyl silanes, and other copolymerisable vinyl compounds....
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of ethylene polymers and copolymers in which ethylene is compressed in a primary compressor at a throughput of at least 55 tonnes/hour, mixed wit