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n. Either of two isomers of a gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, produced synthetically from petroleum and used as a household fuel, refrigerant, and aerosol propellant and in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.

n. A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.

n. The n-butane isomer only.

n. An inflammable gaseous saturated hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.

n. In chem., the fourth member of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons, C4H10.

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

"They are very close to eachother with regard to the total amount of energy output from combustion, but because butane is heavier than propane, it boils at a higher (much higher) temperature, and that is the main drawback."

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