Butane

Saba Qassim | Miss Healey | Ashcroft Technology Academy

What is butane?
Butane
• Butane is an alkane composed of 4 carbon atoms. It
has a role as a food propellant and a refrigerant. It is a
gas molecular entity and an alkane.Butane is a
colorless gas with a faint petroleum-like odor. For
transportation it may be stenched. It is shipped as a
liquefied gas under its vapor pressure. Contact with
the liquid can cause frostbite. It is easily ignited. Its
vapors are heavier than air. Any leak can be either
liquid or vapor. Under prolonged exposure to fire or
intense heat the containers may rupture violently and
rocket. It is used as a fuel, an aerosol propellant, in
cigarette lighters, and to make other chemicals.
What is an alkane?
Alkane
• In organic chemistry, an alkane is a
saturated hydrocarbon and a part of
the homologous series. Alkanes,
consists of hydrogen and carbon
atoms arranged in a tree structure in
which all the carbon–carbon bonds
are single.This makes them relatively
unreactive, apart from their reaction
with oxygen in the air - which we call
burning or combustion. They have a
general formula of CnH2n+2
Its structure,

• C₄H₁₀

• made up of four carbon chains

Its synthesis/ extraction,
Its uses,

• Butane is an alkane composed of 4 carbon atoms. It has a role as a food

propellant and a refrigerant. Butane is a colorless gas with a faint petroleum-
like odor. Contact with the liquid can cause frostbite. It is easily ignited. Its
vapors are heavier than air.

• It is used as a fuel, an aerosol propellant, in cigarette lighters, and to make

other chemicals.

• It has a role as a food propellant and a refrigerant

Interesting facts about it:

• If you come into contact with liquid butane, you will gain frostbites

• Any leak can be either liquid or vapor under prolonged exposure to fire or
intense heat the containers may rupture violently and rocket.