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Meaning of ethyleneoxide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A colorless gas (at room temperature), C₂H₄O, used as a chemical intermediate and in the sterilization of medical equipment and supplies.

Examples

“It is found that the clouding process is closely related to the conformational equilibrium of the ethyleneoxide chains, and that this equilibrium depends on the properties of the free ethyleneoxide chain, the solvation of the chain, but also to a large extent on the effect that the ethyleneoxide chain has on the effective water-water interaction.”
“From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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