Ethylene Oxide Overview Ethylene oxide (ETH-ih-leen OK-side) is a flammable, colorless gas with the odor of ether. The gas is a cyclic compound, consisting of a ring of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. Each carbon atom also has two hydrogen atoms...

The oxirane functional group is a subset of organic cyclic ether compounds. "Cyclic" refers to the fact that the oxirane atoms--two carbons and an oxygen in a three-membered ring--and "ether" that indicates that there is a carbon-oxygen-carbon bonding...

The chemical compound ethylene oxide is an important industrial chemical used as an intermediate in the production of ethylene glycol and other chemicals, and as a sterilant for foods and medical supplies. It is a colorless flammable gas or...

A tornado was reported blowing across eastern Arkansas on Tuesday, a day after a freak cluster of January twisters sprung up in the unseasonably warm Midwest and demolished houses, knocked a railroad locomotive off its tracks and shuttered a courthouse.The twister swept through Pope County,...

A tornado was reported in central Arkansas Tuesday, a day after a freak cluster of January twisters sprung up in the unseasonably warm Midwest and demolished houses, knocked a railroad locomotive off its tracks and briefly shuttered a courthouse.One person was killed as the twister...

Six snowmobilers missing in the mountains for 2 1/2 days while a howling blizzard swirled around them were rescued on a day that saw severe weather batter much of the United States.The group, consisting of two couples and two teenagers, broke into a cabin, where...