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Ethylene Oxide or ethylene oxide

English translation: ethylene oxide

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English term or phrase:	Ethylene Oxide or ethylene oxide
English translation:	ethylene oxide
Entered by:	Fahd Hassanein

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18:39 Nov 3, 2010

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English term or phrase: Ethylene Oxide or ethylene oxide

Am I being old-fashioned in using capitals for chemical names or are lower case letters accepted these days.
I have always used capitals to make it easier for readers to 'pick out' the names more easily.

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ethylene oxide

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As far as my knowledge goes, no caps are used in the common circles of the industry. I'd use some input from elder experts too :). Good luck!

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ethylene oxide

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ethylene oxide or ethylene oxide

ethylene oxide

Explanation:
As far as my knowledge goes, no caps are used in the common circles of the industry. I'd use some input from elder experts too :). Good luck!

Fahd Hassanein
Egypt
Local time: 04:03
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Arabic

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