Constituent
Name
C2H6 gas 99.995%
Family
gas
Class
molecular gas
Compound type
gas
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0 ± 0.001
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
C2H6 Ethane molecule 0.999975 ± 2.5e-05 0.999985836059314 ± 7.42496102711813e-05 pure main stated purity: > 99.995% - natural istopic composition, but possible fractionation
CH4 Methane molecule 3e-06 ± 3e-06 1.60058592754822e-06 ± 1.60066475646427e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
C2H4 Ethylene molecule 2.5e-06 ± 2.5e-06 2.33242741642048e-06 ± 2.33254228855689e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
CnHm Hydrocarbons molecule 7.5e-06 ± 7.5e-06 mixed impurity maximum CnHm (n>2) impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
H2O Water molecule 1.5e-06 ± 1.5e-06 8.98707056250265e-07 ± 8.98751317605981e-07 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
O2 Oxygen molecule 1.5e-06 ± 1.5e-06 1.59628587995428e-06 ± 1.59636449709283e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
CO2 Carbon dioxide molecule 5e-07 ± 5e-07 7.31817197977496e-07 ± 7.31853240001528e-07 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
H2 Hydrogen molecule 2.5e-07 ± 2.5e-07 1.67606325845669e-08 ± 1.67614580463408e-08 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
N2 Nitrogen molecule 7.5e-06 ± 7.5e-06 6.98735657550699e-06 ± 6.98770070307643e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
R−CH3 2 main
R=CH2 2 impurity
R−CH3 impurity
R−CH2−R impurity
R=CH2 impurity
R2>CH−R impurity
R=CH−R impurity
R≡CH impurity
R2>C=C<R2 impurity
R−C≡C−R impurity
R−OH 2 impurity
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
≥C−H 6 main
≥C−C≤ 1 main
≥C−H 4 impurity
⪖C−H 4 impurity
>C=C< 1 impurity
≥C−H impurity
⪖C−H impurity
≡C−H impurity
≥C−C≤ impurity
>C=C< impurity
−C≡C− impurity
−O−H 2 impurity
O=O 1 impurity
=C=O 2 impurity
H−H 1 impurity
N≡N 1 impurity
Phase type
gas
Texture
gas