Ethylene is an organic compound which is a colorless flammable gas with a faint sweet and musky odor when pure. It is a hydrocarbon with a formula C2H4. The molecular mass of Ethylene is 28.06, and it is the simplest Aklene with carbon-carbon double bonds.
 

Applications:
 
Ethylene is used in a range of industries and applications including:
 
Chemicals: Ethylene is the starting material for several industrial syntheses. It is employed as an intermediate in the chemical industry and for the production of plastics.

Food & Beverages: An ethylene / nitrogen mixture supplied cylinders is used to control ripening of fruit, especially bananas. A concentration of a few ppm in the warehouse atmosphere is used. It is also used in agriculture to promote crop growth. In this application The gas is directly injected into the soil.
 
Glass: Ethylene is used in the production of specialty glass for the automotive industry (car glass).
 
Medical: Ethylene is used as an anaesthetic

Metal Fabrication: Ethylene is used as oxy-fuel gas in metal cutting, welding and high velocity thermal spraying

Refining: Ethylene is used as refrigerant, especially in LNG liquefaction plants.

Rubber & Plastics: Ethylene is used in the extraction of rubber.