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Ethene can be hydrated to ethanol.

A variety of acid catalysts are used industrially, these can be sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or they may be tungsten based.

L. Kniel, O. Winter and K. Stork, Ethylene: Keystone to the Petrochemical Industry
H2C=CH2
  +  
H2O
  +  
H+
         
CH3CH2OH
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition
Addition: Electrophilic Protonation
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block
Industrial Process: Organic

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