New Market Research Report: Ethylene Global Market Briefing 2016
The Ethylene industry produces ethylene by a steam cracking process in which saturated hydrocarbons are broken down into unsaturated hydrocarbons. Ethylene is used as a raw material in the manufacture of polymers such as polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate and others. It is also used to accelerate the ripening of fruits and increase growth rate of seedlings, vegetables and fruit trees. Ethylene being a flammable gas is used in oxyethylene welding and cutting of metals.
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