Constituent
Name
C2H6 gas 99.995%
Family
gas
Class
molecular gas
Compound type
gas
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0 $\pm$ 0.001
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$C_2H_6$ Ethane molecule 0.999975 $\pm$ 2.5e-05 0.999985836059314 $\pm$ 7.42496102711813e-05 pure main stated purity: > 99.995% - natural istopic composition, but possible fractionation
$CH_4$ Methane molecule 3e-06 $\pm$ 3e-06 1.60058592754822e-06 $\pm$ 1.60066475646427e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$C_2H_4$ Ethylene molecule 2.5e-06 $\pm$ 2.5e-06 2.33242741642048e-06 $\pm$ 2.33254228855689e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$C_nH_m$ Hydrocarbons molecule 7.5e-06 $\pm$ 7.5e-06 mixed impurity maximum CnHm (n>2) impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$H_2O$ Water molecule 1.5e-06 $\pm$ 1.5e-06 8.98707056250265e-07 $\pm$ 8.98751317605981e-07 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$O_2$ Oxygen molecule 1.5e-06 $\pm$ 1.5e-06 1.59628587995428e-06 $\pm$ 1.59636449709283e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$CO_2$ Carbon dioxide molecule 5e-07 $\pm$ 5e-07 7.31817197977496e-07 $\pm$ 7.31853240001528e-07 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$H_2$ Hydrogen molecule 2.5e-07 $\pm$ 2.5e-07 1.67606325845669e-08 $\pm$ 1.67614580463408e-08 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
$N_2$ Nitrogen molecule 7.5e-06 $\pm$ 7.5e-06 6.98735657550699e-06 $\pm$ 6.98770070307643e-06 mixed impurity maximum impurity in C2H6 gas bottle
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-CH_3$ 2 main
$R=CH_2$ 2 impurity
$R-CH_3$ impurity
$R-CH_2-R$ impurity
$R=CH_2$ impurity
$R_2>CH-R$ impurity
$R=CH-R$ impurity
$R\equiv CH$ impurity
$R_2>C=C<R_2$ impurity
$R-C\equiv C-R$ impurity
$R-OH$ 2 impurity
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$\geq C-H$ 6 main
$\geq C-C \leq$ 1 main
$\geq C-H$ 4 impurity
$\eqslantgtr C-H$ 4 impurity
$>C=C<$ 1 impurity
$\geq C-H$ impurity
$\eqslantgtr C-H$ impurity
$\equiv C-H$ impurity
$\geq C-C \leq$ impurity
$>C=C<$ impurity
$-C\equiv C-$ impurity
$-O-H$ 2 impurity
$O=O$ 1 impurity
$=C=O$ 2 impurity
$H-H$ 1 impurity
$N\equiv N$ 1 impurity
Phase type
gas