Ifomula yamakhemikhali ithiC2H4. Iwumthombo wamakhemikhali ayisisekelo wemicu yokwenziwa, irabha yokwenziwa, amapulasitiki okwenziwa (i-polyethylene ne-polyvinyl chloride), kanye ne-ethanol yokwenziwa (utshwala). Ibuye isetshenziselwe ukwenza i-vinyl chloride, i-styrene, i-ethylene oxide, i-acetic acid, i-acetaldehyde, neziqhumane. Ingasetshenziswa futhi njenge-ejenti yokuvuthwa yezithelo nemifino. Kuyi-hormone yezitshalo efakazelwe.

I-Ethyleneingenye yemikhiqizo yamakhemikhali emikhulu kakhulu emhlabeni. Imboni ye-ethylene iwumgogodla wemboni ye-petrochemical. Imikhiqizo ye-ethylene yenza ngaphezu kwama-75% wemikhiqizo ye-petrochemical futhi ithatha isikhundla esibalulekile emnothweni wezwe. Umhlaba usebenzise ukukhiqizwa kwe-ethylene njengenye yezinkomba ezibalulekile zokukala izinga lokuthuthuka kwemboni yezwe ye-petrochemical.

Izinkambu zohlelo lokusebenza

1. Enye yezinto eziyisisekelo kakhulu zokusetshenziswa kwemboni ye-petrochemical.

Ngokwezinto zokwenziwa, isetshenziswa kabanzi ekukhiqizeni i-polyethylene, i-vinyl chloride ne-polyvinyl chloride, i-ethylbenzene, i-styrene ne-polystyrene, nerabha ye-ethylene-propylene, njll.; ngokuya nge-organic synthesis, isetshenziswa kabanzi ekuhlanganisweni kwe-ethanol, i-ethylene oxide ne-ethylene glycol, i-acetaldehyde, i-acetic acid, i-propionaldehyde, i-propionic acid kanye nokuphuma kwayo nezinye izinto eziyisisekelo zokwenziwa zokwenziwa; ngemva kwe-halogenation, ingakhiqiza i-vinyl chloride, i-ethyl chloride, i-ethyl bromide; ngemuva kwe-polymerization, ingakhiqiza i-α-olefins, bese ikhiqiza utshwala obuphezulu, i-alkylbenzenes, njll.;

2. Isetshenziswa kakhulu njengegesi ejwayelekile yamathuluzi okuhlaziya emabhizinisini e-petrochemical;

3. Ei-thyleneisetshenziswa njengegesi yokuvuthwa evumelana nemvelo ezithelweni ezinjengamawolintshi enkaba, ama-tangerine, nobhanana;

4. I-Ethyleneisetshenziselwa ukuhlanganiswa kwemithi kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwezinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu.