Difference between revisions of "Butane"

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Description

A four carbon saturated alkane hydrocarbon. Butane occurs naturally in Petroleum. It is used in high performance liquid fuels for household and industrial purposes. Butane is also used as a propellant in aerosols and as a raw material for synthetic polymers.

Synonyms and Related Terms

n-butane; butyl hydride; liquified gas

Risks

Inhalation may cause narcosis or asphyxiation.
Burns readily in oxygen
Airgas: SDS

Physical and Chemical Properties

Composition	CH3CH2CH2CH3
CAS	106-97-8
Melting Point	-138.33 C
Molecular Weight	mol. wt. = 58.1
Boiling Point	-0.5 C

Resources and Citations

G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 595

Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976

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

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

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 == Description ==
-A four carbon saturated alkane hydrocarbon. Butane occurs naturally in petroleum. It is used in high performance liquid fuels for household and industrial purposes. Butane is also used as a propellant in aerosols and as a raw material for synthetic polymers.
+A four carbon saturated alkane hydrocarbon. Butane occurs naturally in [[petroleum]]. It is used in high performance liquid fuels for household and industrial purposes. Butane is also used as a propellant in aerosols and as a raw material for synthetic polymers.
 == Synonyms and Related Terms ==