Ethylene, gasi risina ruvara, inotakura hwema hwehydrocarbon hwakasiyana nekamwe kakutapira kana muhuwandu hudiki.
Inopfuta zvakanyanya, ine tembiricha yekubatidza ye425°C, kuputika kwepamusoro muganhu we 36.0%, uye muganhu wakaderera we 2.7%. Apo ethylene inosanganiswa nemhepo, inogadzira musanganiswa unoputika unokwanisa kuputika. Kuratidzwa kune moto wakavhurika, kupisa kwakanyanya, kana oxidizers zvinokonzeresa kupisa uye kuputika.