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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
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A colorless, flammable gas obtained from [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=petroleum petroleum], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=acetylene acetylene] or from [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ethyl%20alcohol ethanol]. Butadiene polymerizes readily in the presence of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=oxygen oxygen] to form a rubbery polymer.  It was first polymerized in Russia by Sergei Lebedev in 1910. By the 1930s, many countries developed butadiene production capabilities as a replacement for natural rubber.  Currently, butadiene is primarily used as a starting material for synthetic elastomers.  
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A colorless, flammable gas obtained from [[petroleum]], [[acetylene]] or from [[ethyl%20alcohol|ethanol]]. Butadiene polymerizes readily in the presence of [[oxygen]] to form a rubbery polymer.  It was first polymerized in Russia by Sergei Lebedev in 1910. By the 1930s, many countries developed butadiene production capabilities as a replacement for natural rubber.  Currently, butadiene is primarily used as a starting material for synthetic elastomers.  
  
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See [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Buna Buna], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=acrylonitrile%20butadiene%20styrene%20resin ABS resin], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=neoprene neoprene], and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=polybutadiene polybutadiene].
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See [[Buna]], [[acrylonitrile%20butadiene%20styrene%20resin|ABS resin]], [[neoprene]], and [[polybutadiene]].
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 11:59, 9 January 2014

Description

A colorless, flammable gas obtained from Petroleum, Acetylene or from ethanol. Butadiene polymerizes readily in the presence of Oxygen to form a rubbery polymer. It was first polymerized in Russia by Sergei Lebedev in 1910. By the 1930s, many countries developed butadiene production capabilities as a replacement for natural rubber. Currently, butadiene is primarily used as a starting material for synthetic elastomers.

See Buna, ABS resin, Neoprene, and Polybutadiene.

Synonyms and Related Terms

1,3-butadiene; bivinyl; divinyl B; erythrene; vinyl ethylene; biethylene; pyrrollylene; methylallene; Butadien (Deut.); butadieen (Ned.)

Other Properties

Soluble in alcohols, ether, petroleum solvents, carbon tetrachloride. Insoluble in water.

Composition H2C:CHHC:CH2
CAS 106-99-0
Melting Point -108.9
Density 0.64 (liquid)
Molecular Weight mol. wt. = 54.1
Boiling Point -4.41

Hazards and Safety

Contact can cause frostbite and irritation to membranes. Inhalation is toxic. Suspected human carcinogen. Highly flammable and explosive. Flash point = -85 C

LINK: International Chemical Safety Card

Authority

  • The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 1534
  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 126
  • Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988
  • Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

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