"Liquid ethane" refers to ethane, which is a type of gas, that has been cooled and condensed into a liquid state.
Sentences with «liquid ethane»
The Motive: Since the early 1980s, astronomers have postulated that a vast, sloshing sea of liquid ethane half a mile deep may cover the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan. (discovermagazine.com)
Cassini's radar peered through the moon's thick orange haze to reveal an Earthlike surface with seas, rivers and clouds filled with liquid ethane and methane. (sciencenews.org)
Titan's average surface temperature lies somewhere in between, so researchers expect to find lakes and seas of liquid ethane on the surface. (discovermagazine.com)