Francis A. Carey
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LOCATION: Charlottesville, VA, United States
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Author of Organic Chemistry and others.
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Ethylene (H2C=CH2), the simplest of the organic compounds known as alkenes, which contain carbon-carbon double bonds. It is a colourless, flammable gas having a sweet taste and odour. Natural sources of ethylene include both natural gas and petroleum; it is also a naturally occurring hormone in…
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