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Definition of Butylene
1. Noun. Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers.
Specialized synonyms: Isobutylene, Polybutene, Polybutylene
Generic synonyms: Gas
Definition of Butylene
1. n. Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.
Definition of Butylene
1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber. ¹
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Definition of Butylene
1. a gaseous hydrocarbon [n -S]
Medical Definition of Butylene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Butylene
Literary usage of Butylene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"Separation of Ethylene from butylene. — Fritzsche states 2 that ethylene may be
volumetrically separated from butylene by means of sulphuric acid of 1.62 ..."
2. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"A mobile liquid, with penetrating odor, and boiling at 50°. It mixes readily with
water and condenses without difficulty. 3. butylene ..."
3. Pigments of Flowering Plants by Nellie Antoinette Wakeman (1913)
"Pigments referable to methyl 2, butylene 2, dihydro naphthalene. Methyl 2, butylene
2 dihydro naphthalene CH CH2 iC-CH, ..."
4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"THE butylene COMPOUNDS. 567 In 1815 Taylor noticed that when fats or oils are
strongly heated, a gas of high illuminating power is obtained. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"267). j8-butylene combines with bromine to form a dibromide boiling at 156°-158°.
... Formed from a-butylene and bromine (Wurtz); from normal butyl bromide ..."
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