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...

ETHYLENE OXIDE November 9, 1998 PRODUCER [CAPACITY.sup.*] BASF, Geismar, La 630 Celanese, Clear Lake, Tex 590 Dow, Plaquemine, La 620 Eastman, Longview, Tex 226 Equistar, Bayport, Tex 750 Formosa, Point Comfort, Tex 525 Huntsman, Port Neches, Tex 997 PD Glycol, Beaumont, Tex 640...

Among ethylene derivatives ethylene oxide is the second most important product only next to polyethylene. It is used in the production of many intermediates and fine chemicals. Ethylene glycol, the most important derivative of ethylene oxide, is a main raw material in...

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...