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butane::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | alkane, alkane series, fuel, gas, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series |
Examples of butane
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Federal officials say he likely would've been successful with a butane lighter.
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The mixture can be mostly propane, or mostly butane, or a combination of both.
From the time.com
Developed in the mid 1950s, Dunhill produced one of the first butane gas lighters.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Pax, however, uses electricity versus butane and can burn almost anything.
From the techcrunch.com
Skid marks made by tires on concrete can be removed with a butane or propane torch.
From the dailyherald.com
One simple example of this application is the container for a butane lighter.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Adding butane, he said, increases the volume of gasoline produced by 4 to 5 percent.
From the sfgate.com
The Nectar Mobile Power System is a fuel cell powered by a butane cartridge.
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The victims were using butane fuel canisters, which are dangerous indoors.
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- Occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
- Butane is a hydrocarbon with the formula C4H10, that is, an alkane with four carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of two structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, butane refers only to the unbranched n-butane isomer; the other one being called " ...
- This page provides supplementary chemical data on n-butane.
- A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions; The n-butane isomer only
- (Butanes) Low boiling point hydrocarbons used for gasoline vapor pressure control.
- Gas usually in blue bottles. Most commonly used by UK motorcaravanners, although many switch to propane in severely cold weather conditions.
- A hydrocarbon fraction; at ordinary atmospheric conditions, butane is a gas but it is easily liquefied; one of the most useful L.P.-gases; widely used household fuel.
- Used as a propellant or aerosol in cosmetics. The principal hazard is that of fire and explosion, but it may be narcotic in high doses and cause asphyxiation.
- A normally gaseous straight-chain or branch-chain hydrocarbon extracted from hydrocarbon extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams. It includes isobutane and normal butane and is designated in ASTM Specification D1835 and Gas Processors Association Specifications for commercial butane.
