Gas sterilization procedures employed ethylene- oxide (75218) (EtO) to decontaminate medical supplies and equipment. (cdc.gov)
Aeration of supplies and materials after sterilization was performed to eliminate hazardous residual quantities of EtO and its reaction products, ethylene-glycol (107211) and ethylene- chlorohydrin (107073). (cdc.gov)
Some names emphasize the presence of the epoxide functional group, as in the compound 1,2-epoxyheptane, which can also be called 1,2-heptene oxide. (wikipedia.org)
A polymer formed from epoxide precursors is called an epoxy, but such materials do not contain epoxide groups (or contain only a few residual epoxy groups that remain unreacted in the formation of the resin). (wikipedia.org)
Reaction1
The epoxidation of ethylene involves its reaction with oxygen. (wikipedia.org)
Procedures1
Specifies allowable limits for residual ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene chlorohydrin (ECH) in individual EO-sterilized medical devices and procedures for the measurement of EO and ECH. (iso.org)
Propylene oxide2
The dominant epoxides industrially are ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, which are produced respectively on the scales of approximately 15 and 3 million tonnes/year. (wikipedia.org)
Organic peroxides are used for the production of propylene oxide from propylene. (wikipedia.org)
Process1
HYPERBRANCHED ETHYLENE-BASED OILS AND GREASES - A process to prepare a relatively inexpensive utility fluid comprises contacting together ethylene and a coordination-insertion catalyst and, optionally, an alpha-olefin, in a continuously-fed backmixed reactor zone under conditions such that a mixture of a hyperbranched oligomer and a branched oligomer is formed. (patentsencyclopedia.com)