O le fua fa'akemikolo o leC2H4. O se mea fa'avae o vaila'au mata mo alava fa'apitoa, pa'u fa'apitoa, palasitika fa'apitoa (polyethylene ma polyvinyl chloride), ma le ethanol fa'apitoa (ava malosi). E fa'aaogaina fo'i e fai ai le vinyl chloride, styrene, ethylene oxide, acetic acid, acetaldehyde, ma mea pāpā. E mafai fo'i ona fa'aaogaina o se mea e fa'amago ai fuala'au 'aina ma fuala'au faisua. O se homone la'au ua fa'amaonia.

Etilenao se tasi o oloa kemikolo aupito tele i le lalolagi. O le alamanuia ethylene o le fatu lea o le alamanuia petrochemical. O oloa ethylene e silia ma le 75% o oloa petrochemical ma e iai se tulaga taua i le tamaoaiga o le atunuu. Ua faʻaaogaina e le lalolagi le gaosiga o le ethylene o se tasi o faʻailoga taua e fua ai le tulaga o le atinaʻeina o le alamanuia petrochemical a se atunuʻu.

Fa'afanua talosaga

1. O se tasi o mea mata e sili ona faigofie mo le gaosiga o petrokemisi.

I tulaga o mea fa'apitoa, e fa'aaogaina lautele i le gaosiga o le polyethylene, vinyl chloride ma le polyvinyl chloride, ethylbenzene, styrene ma le polystyrene, ma le ethylene-propylene rubber, ma isi; i tulaga o le fa'asologa fa'alenatura, e fa'aaogaina lautele i le fa'asologa o le ethanol, ethylene oxide ma le ethylene glycol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, propionaldehyde, propionic acid ma ona mea e maua mai ai ma isi mea mata fa'apitoa fa'alenatura; a mae'a le halogenation, e mafai ona gaosia le vinyl chloride, ethyl chloride, ethyl bromide; a mae'a le polymerization, e mafai ona gaosia le α-olefins, ona gaosia lea o le maualuga o le alcohols, alkylbenzenes, ma isi;

2. E masani ona faʻaaogaina o se kesi masani mo meafaigaluega faʻataʻitaʻi i pisinisi petrochemical;

3. Etailenee fa'aaogaina o se kesi fa'amago e le afaina ai le siosiomaga mo fuala'au 'aina e pei o moli, moli tangerine, ma fa'i;

4. Etilenae faʻaaogaina i le gaosiga o vailaʻau ma le gaosiga o mea faʻatekonolosi maualuga.