English
Noun
ethylene oxide (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) The simplest epoxide; used as a sterilizing agent and in the production of ethylene glycol.
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Translations
simplest epoxide
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 環氧乙烷 / 环氧乙烷 (zh) (huányǎngyǐwán)
- Dutch: etheenoxide (nl) n
- French: oxyde d'éthylène (fr) m, dihydroxyrène m, oxyde de diméthylène (fr) m, oxiranne m
- German: Ethylenoxid n
- Japanese: エチレンオキシド (echirenokishido)
- Korean: 산화 에틸렌 (sanhwa etillen)
- Latvian: etilēnoksīds
- Persian: اتیلن اکساید
- Spanish: óxido de etileno m
- Swedish: etenoxid
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