butane
丁烷,丁香,但丁烷,丙烷
Definitions
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Chemistry.
- : a colorless, flammable gas, C4H10, a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
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While butane gas can be stored at a lower pressure than propane, it requires higher temperatures to be converted from a liquid in the canister to a gas, the state in which it is fed to the flame.
The seven most recent Olympic torches have been fueled by substances such as propane, butane, or a mixture of the two.
Both design teams ultimately elected to go with a mix of propane and butane.
Meanwhile, the more volatile chemicals like butane evaporated quickly.
Other companies are developing more efficient extraction processes, some by using solvents like ethanol, carbon dioxide or butane to extract cannabinoids.
Butane purchased at a hardware store often contains chemicals like benzene, which is known to cause cancer.
“The process of making butane extraction [of cannabis] has been around along time, from the 1970s,” explains Black.
Recently, at a pot-centered radio program, someone offered me a “dab” of butane honey oil (BHO)—a concentrated form of cannabis.
Unable to afford electricity, butane, or propane, the students, like their neighbors, relied on wood for their cooking.
Now they heat and cook with butane or electricity which comes from Silver City.