Ethylene, gas na-enweghị agba, na-ebu isi ísì ụtọ hydrocarbon dị iche iche nwere ọdịdị ụtọ mgbe ọ dị ntakịrị.
Ọ na-ere ọkụ nke ukwuu, na-egosipụta okpomọkụ ọkụ nke 425 ° C, mgbawa elu nke 36.0%, na a ala ịgba nke 2.7%. Mgbe ethylene jikọtara na ikuku, ọ na-emepụta ngwakọta na-agbanwe agbanwe nke nwere ike ịgbawa. Mkpughe ọkụ mepere emepe, oké okpomọkụ, ma ọ bụ oxidizers na-akpali combustion na mgbawa.