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butane

DEFINITIONS OF: butane

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n occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels

Type of:
fuel
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
gas
a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series
a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
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