What's the difference between ethane and methane?

Ethane


Definition:

  • (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Five structurally representative nitrosamino-ethanals (R-N(NO)CH2CHO, R = 4-ClC6H4-, CH3-, nBu-, tBu-, HOCH2CH2-) have been synthesized.
  • (2) These parameters are compared with those of various model groups and compounds: CH2, peptide, methane, ethane, and the 1--13 N-terminal fragments of ribonuclease.
  • (3) A sensitive radioimmunoassay (RIA) for the specific determination of 1-(4-methanesulphonamidophenoxy)-2-[N-(4-methanesulphonamido -phenethyl)-N- methylamino]ethane (UK-68,798), a novel class III antidysrhythmic agent, in human plasma is described.
  • (4) To measure [Ca2+]i, fluorine NMR spectra were acquired in a separate group of hearts loaded with the Ca2+ indicator 5F-BAPTA [5,5'-difluoro derivative of 1,2-bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane- N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid].
  • (5) We determined ethane production rates in rats (group I) ventilated with hydrocarbon-free air (HFA) before and after exsanguination.
  • (6) Acid p-nitrophenyl phosphatase in rat calvaria extract behaved in the same way as the liver enzyme and was also strongly inhibited by dichloromethylene diphosphonate, but not by ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate.
  • (7) Experiments using purified fatty acids revealed that ethane was preferentially produced from docosahexaenoic and linolenic, and pentane from linoleic and arachidonic acids.
  • (8) Rabbits were pretreated with phenobarbital, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT), 3-methylcholanthrene, beta-naphthoflavone, Aroclor 1254, ethanol, trans-stilbene oxide, pregnenolone-16 alpha-carbonitrile, or clofibric acid.
  • (9) Surprisingly, when the increase in [Ca2+]i during stimulation of oscillations was prevented by loading the cells with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy) ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, a persistent activation of Ca2+ release and Ca2+ efflux occurred.
  • (10) The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of various doses of disodium ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate (EHDP) in an experimental rabbit model of athero-arteriosclerosis designed by Hass et al.
  • (11) Pesticidal contaminants in both placenta and milk were 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDT), its metabolites 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDE) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p'-DDD), alpha, beta, gamma - isomers of benzene hexachloride (BHC) and aldrin.
  • (12) In adult myocytes, when EGTA (10 or 20 mM) or bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA, 10 mM) were included in the pipette solution, contractions were rapidly abolished, while a small (4 mV) shift of f infinity to more positive potentials was seen.
  • (13) Ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate (EHDP) was the most effective diphosphonate in reducing myocardial and vascular degeneration and calcification, whereas diphosphonates such as ethane-1-amino-1,1-diphosphonate (EADP) and hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP) had little or no effect compared to saline controls.
  • (14) In vivo lipid peroxidation was monitored by measuring exhaled ethane from the animals.
  • (15) 3.25pm GMT Ethan Dean-Richards emails re the only goal of the game: The free-kick that led to the goal was Tiote's fifth or sixth 'tactical' foul today.
  • (16) The composition of 99mTc-ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate complexes, prepared with the reducing agent NaBH4 and by electrolytic reduction, was analysed by reversed-phase ion-pair chromatography and soft-gel permeation chromatography.
  • (17) While allowing the animal to breathe a mixture of 0.1% CO in air, normal saline, which contained appropriate amounts of six inert gases such as SF6, ethane, cyclopropane, halothane, ether and acetone, was infused at a constant rate through a peripheral vein.
  • (18) To investigate the role of Ca2+ we have artificially increased the calcium buffering capacity of the rod by using a patch pipet to incorporate the calcium buffer 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) into the rod cytoplasm.
  • (19) A single dose of ethane dimethane sulphonate (EDS) given to adult male rats has a specific destructive effects on Leydig cells, which are removed from the intertubular area by macrophages.
  • (20) Production of MDA was greater in mouse kidney than liver and correlated better with the exhalation of ethane.

Methane


Definition:

  • (n.) A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
  • (2) The possibility that mammalian DNA topoisomerase II is an intracellular target which mediates drug-induced DNA breaks is supported by the following studies using 4'-(9-acridinylamino)methane-sulfon-m-anisidide (m-AMSA): (a) a single m-AMSA-dependent DNA cleavage activity copurified with calf thymus DNA topoisomerase II activity at all chromatographic steps of the enzyme purification; (b) m-AMSA-induced DNA cleavage by this purified activity resulted in the covalent attachment of protein to the 5'-ends of the DNA via a tyrosyl phosphate bond.
  • (3) These parameters are compared with those of various model groups and compounds: CH2, peptide, methane, ethane, and the 1--13 N-terminal fragments of ribonuclease.
  • (4) It could perhaps be used in natural gas stations, where a synthetic gas is first produced by reacting the methane with steam to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
  • (5) It is suggested that acetylene reduction assays may not be accurately applied to samples containing methane oxidizing bacteria.
  • (6) Certain methane- and methanol-oxidizing bacteria were grouped on the basis of serological cross-reacting enzyme specificities.
  • (7) The growth yield was 5.8 mg of cells (dry weight) per mmol of methane and was not dependent on the kind of methyl compound used as substrate.
  • (8) Various inhibitors that affected methane formation (e.g.
  • (9) The new methane rules – which will be formally unveiled on Wednesday - are the last big chance for Obama to fight climate change.
  • (10) Completely demineralized root powder was subjected to solutions of varying pH and ionic strength: (a) 0.1 M acetic acid, pH 4.0, (b) 0.1 M acetic acid + 0.15 M KCl, pH 4.0, (c) 0.1 M Hepes, pH 7.0 or to (d) 0.1 M Hepes + 0.15 M KCl, pH 7.0 at 37 degrees C. The surfaces of intact root specimens were exposed to 0.1 M acetic acid, pH 4.0 (which resulted in erosive lesions) or to 0.1 M lactic acid, 0.2 mM methane hydroxy diphosphonate, pH 5.0 (which produced subsurface lesions) at 37 degrees C. After incubation, the extracts were analysed for soluble collagen and the insoluble matrices were treated with trypsin at 15 degrees C to determine the denatured collagen.
  • (11) Particularly an automatic apparatus for monitoring total organic substances less methane, and one, employing specific detection and selective columns for the automatic and continuous determination of light sulfur compounds, are described.
  • (12) The ratio of methane (CH4) to CO2 in the abomasum gas was higher than that in the rumen.
  • (13) Hydrogen and methane are products of colonic bacterial metabolism.
  • (14) Other sources were monosodium methylarsenate (4 cases), dodecyl ammonium methane arsonate (5 cases), and other compounds (12 cases).
  • (15) The gas produced contained between 56 and 59% of methane.
  • (16) The present results reveal aspects of how both protein B and substrate can regulate electron transfer into and out of the hydroxylase component of methane monooxygenase.
  • (17) Using a complex, but soluble supplement (whey powder) it is shown that reproducible incremental measurements can be made and that the supplement used gives increases in production of characteristic end-products only (carbon dioxide, methane, acetic and butyric acids).
  • (18) Nickel did not alter methane production, carcass characteristics or ruminal volatile fatty acid proportions.
  • (19) Barack Obama has defied a Republican Congress to move ahead on his climate agenda on Wednesday, cracking down on methane emissions from America’s oil and natural gas boom.
  • (20) Twenty-six Acinetobacter calcoaceticus proline auxotrophs were isolated after ethyl methane sulfonate mutagenesis.