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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Second member of the [[alkane]] family, formula C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>, ethane is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon  produced from natural gas, [[biomass burning]], ocean, and terrestrial vegetation.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is fairly unreactive and some can be transported to the [[stratosphere]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Second member of the [[alkanes|alkane]] family, formula C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>, ethane is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon  produced from natural gas, [[biomass burning]], ocean, and terrestrial vegetation.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is fairly unreactive and some can be transported to the [[stratosphere]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 15:56, 25 April 2012



ethane

Second member of the alkane family, formula C2H6, ethane is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon produced from natural gas, biomass burning, ocean, and terrestrial vegetation.

It is fairly unreactive and some can be transported to the stratosphere.


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