acetylene

/uh-set-l-een, -in/US // əˈsɛt lˌin, -ɪn //UK // (əˈsɛtɪˌliːn) //

乙炔,乙二醇,炔,聚乙烯

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Chemistry.
- : a colorless gas, C2H2, having an etherlike odor, produced usually by the action of water on calcium carbide or by pyrolysis of natural gas: used especially in metal cutting and welding, as an illuminant, and in organic synthesis.

Acetylene gas is now used in a safe apparatus, and it also is an excellent light.
We re-charged the acetylene lamps, for we intended to sit up late.
An engineer regiment was fighting the water in the Place de la Concorde by the light of acetylene lamps.
Such a solution is an absorbent of carbon monoxide; it also absorbs ethylene and acetylene.
Jones had been charging the acetylene generators and by some means one of them caught fire.