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Prop 65 Ethylene Oxide Texas

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<strong>Ethylene</strong> <strong>Oxide</strong><br />

ETHYLENE OXIDE IS AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIAL<br />

CHEMICAL. SO IT STORED AS A LIQUID AT<br />

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND ROOM<br />

TEMPERATURE, IT IS A GAS THAT IS FLAMMABLE.<br />

THIS COMPOUND IS USED AS AN INTERMEDIATE<br />

IN THE PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL,


WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY IS CONVERTED TO<br />

POLYESTER FIBERS UTILIZED IN RUGS AND<br />

CLOTHING, OR TO POLYETHYLENE<br />

TEREPHTHALATE RESIN FOR BOTTLES AND<br />

PACKAGING FILM. ETHYLENE GLYCOL IS WIDELY<br />

UTILIZED AS AN AUTOMOTIVE ANTIFREEZE,<br />

AND IT MIGHT BE USED FOR MANUFACTURING<br />

FIBERGLASS.


AN IMPORTANT, ALTHOUGH SMALL USAGE OF<br />

PROP <strong>65</strong> ETHYLENE OXIDE TEXAS CAN BE FOR<br />

THE STERILIZATION OF SUPPLIES AND FOODS.<br />

SIGNALS OF OVEREXPOSURE INCLUDE<br />

DIZZINESS AND HEADACHE, AND<br />

VULNERABILITY RESULTS IN SEIZURE,<br />

CONVULSIONS, AND COMA.


THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN THE WAY OF<br />

PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE OXIDE<br />

INDUSTRIALLY. - CH2OHCH2CL + OH C2H4O +<br />

CL + H2O - NOTICE ETHYLENE CHLOROHYDRIN<br />

CAN BE PREPARED BY THE ACTIONS OF ACID<br />

ON ETHYLENE. ETHYLENE OXIDE IS A GAS AT<br />

ROOM AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.


AS FOLLOWS, A MOLAR EXCESS OF WATER CAN BE USED<br />

TO ACQUIRE ETHYLENE GLYCOL: C2H4O + H2O<br />

HOCH2CH2OH - SORTS OF POLYETHYLENE OXIDE OR<br />

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, WHICH ARE POLYMERS OF<br />

ETHYLENE GLYCOL, ARE FORMED AS COMPONENTS OF<br />

THE RESPONSE. THE AMOUNT OF POLYMERIZATION<br />

INCREASES AS THE PERCENTAGE OF WATER IS REDUCED: +<br />

H2O HONH - FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE CONDITIONS<br />

GENERATES TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIETHYLENE GLYCOL,<br />

ETC.


SIMILARLY, REACTION WITH AMMONIA MAY<br />

YIELD ETHANOLAMINE, DIETHANOLAMINE, OR<br />

TRIETHANOLAMINE. ETHYLENE OXIDE IS ALSO<br />

IMPORTANT FROM THE PRODUCTION OF<br />

SURFACTANTS ALONG WITH OTHER DETERGENTS,<br />

IN A PROCESS CALLED ETHOXYLATION.


SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY IN TEXAS. ONE<br />

CLASS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVES<br />

WHICH HAS ATTRACTED MUCH SCIENTIFIC<br />

ATTENTION CONSISTING OF THE CROWN<br />

ETHERS, THAT ARE CYCLIC OLIGOMERS OF<br />

ETHYLENE OXIDE.

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