| 单词 | ethylene oxide |
| 释义 | > as lemmasethylene oxide ethylene oxide n. a flammable toxic gas made by the catalytic oxidation of ethylene and used widely as a reagent in organic synthesis and as a sterilizing agent and fumigant.Ethylene oxide is the simplest example of an epoxide. Formula: (CH2)2O. ΚΠ 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxiii. 296 Ethylene oxide is a volatile colourless liquid, boiling at 13°·5, soluble in all proportions in water. 1898 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 74 i. 399 Ethylene oxide reacts vigorously with ethylamine. 1933 Discovery Aug. 250/2 Control [of a moth infestation] can also be exercised by vacuum fumigation with ethylene oxide. 1962 Listener 20 Sept. 430/1 Another method of sterilization [of a space capsule] is to use the gas known as ethylene oxide. 2008 E. Royte Bottlemania vii. 139 Plastic-making also generates emissions of nickel, ethylbenzene, ethylene oxide, and benzene. < as lemmas |
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