HYDROCARBON CHEMISTRY

COMMON USES FOR BUTANE IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR : 1) FUEL SOURCES Butane is a component of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), which is widely used as a heating and cooking fuel as well as an alternative transportation fuel. When used as a vehicle fuel, it is commonly referred as petrol. During the summer, they contain more butane. The Gas Processors Association (GPA) and the American Society of Testing and Materials jointly produce these requirements. LPG is produced by refining petroleum or 'wet' natural gas, and it is virtually exclusively generated from fossil fuel sources, either manufactured during petroleum refining or taken from petroleum or natural gas streams as they emerge from the earth. It can burns relatively cleanly, with no soot and very little sulphur emissions. 2) PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY Butane serves as a feedstock for the manufacturing of polymers and plastics.  A feedstock is a raw material that is utilised to produce a usable product in an industrial process. Natura...

  EXPLANATION OF THE VIDEO Hydrocarbons, fundamental compounds comprised exclusively of carbon and hydrogen, harness the unique bonding capabilities of carbon, which forms robust connections through four strong bonds with other atoms. The primary partner in these bonds is often hydrogen. One class of hydrocarbons, exemplified by butane, falls under the alkane category, characterized by a molecular formula of C4H10, denoting four carbon atoms and ten hydrogen atoms. The structural formula of butane delineates the spatial arrangement of these atoms, highlighting single bonding between carbon atoms, where each carbon shares an electron with another carbon or a hydrogen atom. In adherence to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature system, butane's name succinctly communicates the number of carbon atoms in the molecule and the nature of bonding between them. In contrast, substances like butanol deviate from the hydrocarbon definition, incorporating oxy...