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- noun organic chemistry The official
IUPAC name forpolyethylene .
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Examples
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Sun-dried or shade-dried for 48 hours, stored in sealed glass or polyethene jars under ordinary room temperature
Chapter 13 1992
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Dried 1 week, kept in sealed tincan, glass jar or polyethene jar under ordinary room temperature
Chapter 13 1992
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Slide 15: Latent heat storage in ice Storage tanks for water filled polyethene balls, 2 projects in United States
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