Ethylene
oxide ( Oxirane ) with a slight sweet odor which is a raw material for
the manufacture of ploysorbate 20 and polyethylene glycol which is less toxic.
Oxirane
is a very toxic gas which is carcinogenic , mutagenic and anaesthetic .
It also cause skin allergy.
However,
oxirane is used as an anti- freeze in production of poly- ethylenes.
in the production of polyester andpolyethylene terephthalate (PET...[Readmore]