acetylene

See also acétylène

English

Etymology

From French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ə ˈsɛt əl ˌin/

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Noun

acetylene (countable and uncountable; plural acetylenes)

1. (organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odour, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding or metallurgy.

Chemical Structure of Acetylene

Synonyms

• (IUPAC name): ethyne

Translations

acetylene

• Albanian: acetilen (sq)
• Bulgarian: ацетилен (bg) (acetilen)
• Chinese: 乙炔
• Czech: acetylen (cs) m, acetylén (cs) m
• Dutch: acetyleen (nl) n
• Esperanto: acetileno (eo), etino (eo)
• Finnish: asetyleeni (fi)
• French: acétylène (fr)
• German: Acetylen (de) n
• Icelandic: kolvetnisgas (is) n, logsuðugas (is) n, asetýlen (is) n

• Indonesian: asetilen (id)
• Interlingua: acetylen (ia)
• Italian: acetilene (it)
• Japanese: アセチレン (ja) (asechiren)
• Polish: acetylen (pl) m
• Portuguese: acetileno (pt)
• Romanian: acetilenă (ro) f
• Russian: ацетилен (ru) (atsetilén) m 
• Spanish: acetileno (es) m
• Swedish: acetylen (sv) n

Derived terms

• acetylene black
• acetylene torch
• polyacetylene

Related terms

• acetylide