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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chemical elements
actinium
alkali metal
americium
astatine
berkelium
brimstone
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calcium
fluorine
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lithium
manganese
nickel
plutonium
quicksilver
selenium
silicon
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transition metal

Examples from literature

Again, if, by addition to an unsaturated compound like ethylene, a saturated compound is formed, the kind of union between the carbon atoms is changed, and the possibility of revolution of the two parts of the compound is given. 
Thus, suppose that chlorine is added to ethylene. 

ethylene | American Dictionary

ethylene
noun[ U ]
us/ˈeθ·əˌlin/(alsoethene, us/ˈeθ·in/)
chemistry
a colorless gas with a slightly sweet smell that burns easily and is often used in industry

ethylene | Business English

ethylene
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈeθɪliːn/us
NATURAL RESOURCES
a colourless gas with a slightly sweet smell that burns easily, used in industry:
ethylene gas/glycol
ethylene production

Examples of ethylene

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Non-dormant seeds were at least 50-fold more sensitive to ethylene than the dormant ones.
The data available on zygotic embryogenesis suggest an association of the ethylene biosynthetic pathway and seed maturation.
The thickness of the silique, an organ that does not produce ethylene, may have a key role in controlling the gas concentration during maturation.
The majority, if not all, of the species evaluated have seeds that produce ethylene prior to, or concomitant with, radicle protrusion.
A brass plate formed the roof of the container and was cooled by pumping a mixture of ethylene glycol and water through its interior.
It is, therefore, tempting to ascribe more rapid completion of germination to an ethyleneinsensitive testa developing in an ethylene-insensitive environment.
Several steps are potentially mutagenic, such as exposure to high cytosolic concentrations of ethylene glycol, and the extreme dehydration that is a requisite for vitrification.
This may result in the localized build-up of seedling-produced contaminants, such as ethylene, or changes in metabolic gas levels.
Both amino acids contribute the carbon atoms for ethylene formation.
This type of phosphorelay signalling, which is likely to function via histidine protein kinases, involves signal receptors for ethylene, cytokinins, light and osmolarity.
This demonstrates that the endocarp is permeable to ethylene and does not interfere with ethylene production by the seed.
In addition, there is direct evidence that ethylene is important for normal seed development in tobacco.
Differences in post-thawing survival between ovine morulae and blastocysts cryopreserved with ethylene glycol or glycerol.
In the postgerminative period the activity of the last step of ethylene biosynthesis decreased.
The relationship between ethylene and increased osmotic potential is not well understood.
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