olefin (ō`ləfĭn) or olefin series: see alkene alkene , any of a group of aliphatic hydrocarbons whose molecules contain one or more carbon-carbon double bonds (see chemical bond). Alkenes with only one double bond have the general formula C_nH_2n.
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olefin

or alkene

Any unsaturated hydrocarbon containing one or more pairs of carbon atoms linked by a double bond (see covalent bond, saturation). Olefins may be classified by whether the double bond is in a ring (cyclic) or a chain (acyclic, or aliphatic) or by the number of double bonds (monoolefin, diolefin, etc.). Rare in nature, olefins are obtained by the cracking of petroleum fractions at high temperatures. The simplest ones (ethylene, propylene, butylene, butadiene, and isoprene) are the basis of the petrochemicals industry. They react by adding other chemical agents at the double bond to form derivatives or polymers.

olefin [′ō·lə·fən]

(organic chemistry)

C_nH_2nA family of unsaturated, chemically active hydrocarbons with one carbon-carbon double bond; includes ethylene and propylene.

(textiles)

A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85% by weight of ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units except amorphous (noncrystalline) polyolefins qualifying as rubber.

olefin

A lightweight, high-strength, long-chain polymeric material having very good abrasion resistance; especially used in indoor-outdoor carpeting.

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No references found	Commercialized four years ago by ExxonMobil Chemical, Houston, Vistamaxx olefinic TPE was used originally for spunbond nonwovens because of its elasticity. TPE toughens PP, SEBS while retaining clarity by Plastics Technology The company recommends the new additive for use in HDPE resin, and suggests evaluation in other olefinic materials, as well. Additive increases flow in HDPE by Rubber World It includes outer layers made of a polyester resin and at least one inner layer arranged between the outer layers comprising an olefinic resin containing 45% by weight or more of at least one ethylene-propylene-butene terpolymer based on the total weight of the inner layer. Heat-Shrinkable Films: No. 7,247,389; Hideaki Umeda, assignor to Fuji ... by Nonwovens Industry	Ole Bull Ole Bull State Park OLE container OLE custom controls OLE DB OLE for Process Control OLE server Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival Olea Oleaceae oleaginous Olean oleander Oleandomycin Olearius, Adam oleaster oleaster family oleate olecranon OLED olefiant gas olefin olefin copolymer Olefin Polymer olefin resin olefinic Olefins Oleg Oleg Alekin Oleg Aleksandrovich Alekin Oleg Aleksandrovich Losik Oleg Aleksandrovich Melnikov Oleg Aleksandrovich Reutov Oleg Alekseevich Drozdov Oleg Antonov Oleg Borisov Oleg Borisovich Lupanov Oleg Dmitrievich Levitskii Oleg Drozdov Oleg Efremov Oleg Fedorovich Vasilev Oleg Gazenko Oleg Georgievich Gazenko Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko Oleg Goncharenko Oleg Grigorevich Makarov Oleg Ivanovich Oleg Ivanovich Borisov Oleg Karlamovich Sagan-Ool Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov Oleg Konstantinovich Leontev	olecranons olecranons olecranons Oled Oled Oled OLEDAID OLEDB OLEDS Olefactory Olefactory Olefactory Olefiant Olefiant gas Olefiant gas Olefiant gas Olefiant gas olefin olefin olefin Olefin copolymer Olefin Polymer Olefin polymerization olefin resin olefine olefine olefine olefines olefines olefines olefinic Olefinic Thermoplastic Elastomer Olefins Olefins Olefins Olefins Conversion Unit Olefins II - Kuwait Oleg Oleg Oleg (name) Oleg Alekin Oleg Aleksandrovich Alekin Oleg Aleksandrovich Losik Oleg Aleksandrovich Melnikov Oleg Aleksandrovich Reutov Oleg Alekseevich Drozdov Oleg Antonov Oleg Borisov Oleg Borisovich Lupanov Oleg Dmitrievich Levitskii Oleg Drozdov Oleg Efremov Oleg Fedorovich Vasilev Oleg G. Makarov Oleg Gazenko Oleg Georgievich Gazenko Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko Oleg Goncharenko

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Commercialized four years ago by ExxonMobil Chemical, Houston, Vistamaxx olefinic TPE was used originally for spunbond nonwovens because of its elasticity.

TPE toughens PP, SEBS while retaining clarity by Plastics Technology

The company recommends the new additive for use in HDPE resin, and suggests evaluation in other olefinic materials, as well.

Additive increases flow in HDPE by Rubber World

It includes outer layers made of a polyester resin and at least one inner layer arranged between the outer layers comprising an olefinic resin containing 45% by weight or more of at least one ethylene-propylene-butene terpolymer based on the total weight of the inner layer.

Heat-Shrinkable Films: No. 7,247,389; Hideaki Umeda, assignor to Fuji ... by Nonwovens Industry

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