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butadiene

butadiene

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A colorless gas used to make man-made rubber for tires and other products
  • noun
  • /ˌbjuːtəˈdaɪiːn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : butadieno
  • In the paper that first defined the ONIOM method, we discussed the addition of acrolein to substituted 1,3-butadienes, where ethylene-butadiene was used as the model system.
  • butadiene styrene
  • 1,3-butadiene
  • acrylonitrile-butadiene

Examples

  • Featuring the base finished in Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and the lid made using Styrene-acrylonitrile resin (SAN), the iPhone dock also includes a high-powered USB.

    Blog text (31)
  • This is butadiene plus ethylene going to cycle hexane.

  • Start with the dimethylcyclobutane and and see which which butadiene it forms.

  • 24 These cancer-causing emissions include diesel particulates, butadiene, benzene, and formaldehyde.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In the paper that first defined the ONIOM method, we discussed the addition of acrolein to substituted 1,3-butadienes, where ethylene-butadiene was used as the model system.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Polylactic acid (PLA) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) are the two thermoplastics most commonly used in FDM printing.

    Academic text (2015)
  • For example, the researchers have found that a combination of starch and acrylamide had similar adhesive strength in pigmented paper coatings as non-starch materials such as polyvinyl alcohol and styrene-butadiene.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Butadiene is primarily used in the manufacture of butadiene products.

  • During the chemical process, butadiene is converted into various types of rubber.

  • Researchers are studying the impacts of butadiene on air quality in urban areas.

Compounds

A strong, light plastic used for car parts and appliance cases

Surface Forms

butadiene singular
butadienes plural

Morphology

butadiene = buta + diene

The word is built from specialized chemical combining forms ('buta-' for a four-carbon chain and 'diene' for two double bonds); these are technical morphemes unfamiliar to average learners, so the meaning is not derivable from common English vocabulary.

Etymology

Butadiene comes from three parts: buta- meaning 'four' as in butane, di- meaning 'two', and -ene meaning 'double bond'. So butadiene is a small molecule with four carbon atoms and two double bonds, which is why it is used to make synthetic rubber.