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isobutane
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isobutane (ī'səby`tān): see butane butane , C4H10, gaseous alkane, a hydrocarbon that is obtained from natural gas or by refining petroleum. It can be liquefied at room temperature by compression. There are two structural isomers of butane.
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isobutane [¦ī·sō′byü‚tān]
(organic chemistry)
(CH3)2CHCH3A colorless, stable gas, noncorrosive to metals, nonreactive with water; boils at -11.7°C; used as a chemical intermediate, refrigerant, and fuel.


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The processing plant has an above-ground NGLs storage capacity of 190,000 barrels and is interconnected with Crosstex's Cajun-Sibon pipeline and Riverside fractionation system, which separates ethane, propane, iso-butane, normal butane and natural gasoline.
By boiling off hydrocarbons from the mixed stream of NGLs, individual products such as propane, ethane, butane, iso-butane and pentanes are produced.
The Alkylene unit will be the world's first commercialization of UOP's novel motor fuel alkylation technology, which uses a solid catalyst instead of liquid acid to alkylate C4-olefins with iso-butane.
 
 
 
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