Ethane

<p>Ethane  is a naturally occurring <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic</a> <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a> with <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> C2H6. At <a href="/facts/Standard_temperature_and_pressure/JhJv9KFJ">standard temperature and pressure</a>, ethane is a colorless, odorless <a href="/facts/Gas/hVVAoodV">gas</a>. Like many <a href="/facts/Hydrocarbon/Dcg95Ju5">hydrocarbons</a>, ethane is <a href="/facts/List_of_purification_methods_in_chemistry/fSh2XHfh">isolated</a> on an industrial scale from <a href="/facts/Natural_gas/9MYQ7NAP">natural gas</a> and as a <a href="/facts/Petrochemical/mzYsaxng">petrochemical</a> by-product of <a href="/facts/Oil_refinery/yeaW0UMv">petroleum refining</a>. Its chief use is as <a href="/facts/Feedstock/cthCpclF">feedstock</a> for <a href="/facts/Ethylene/QMNBYLYn">ethylene</a> production.  The <a href="/facts/Ethyl_group/ydVhnBwD">ethyl group</a> is formally, although rarely practically, derived from ethane.
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Ethane