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How to pronounce polybutylene in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms polybutene
Type of butene, butylene

Examples of polybutylene

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Later, Shell and other polybutylene makers lost a big lawsuit over the product's efficacy.
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The 1979 development of polybutylene pipe greatly augmented the heat pump's economic viability.
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Houses with Federal Pacific electrical panels, polybutylene pipes and Masonite Woodruf shingles all spell trouble for homebuyers.
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Chlorine-induced cracking of acetal resin plumbing joints and polybutylene pipes has caused many serious floods in domestic properties, especially in the USA in the 1990s.
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  • A polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber
  • Polybutylene (polybutene-1, poly(1-butene), PB-1) is a polyolefin or saturated polymer with the chemical formula (C4H8)n. It should not be confused with polybutene, a low molecular weight oligomer with a different repeat unit.
  • Water piping used for interior piping and the main waterline to the street. Problems with this pipe have curtailed its use.
  • Thermoplastic resins produced via stereospecific Ziegler-Natta polymerization of butene-1 monomer [CH2CHCH2CH3]. Typical applications are found in pipe and packaging film.
  • Flexible plastic tubing not used anymore due to pipes breaking.
  • A polymer prepared by the polymerization of butene-1 as the sole monomer.