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butylene

butylene

1 8.8
A chemical used to make synthetic rubber and other industrial products
  • noun
  • /ˈbjuːtɪˌliːn/
  • Specialized
: butileno
  • The production of synthetic rubber tires often involves butylene due to its desirable properties.

Examples

  • OK, and butyl and butylene or butane.

  • Researchers use butylene in the laboratory to create various plastics through polymerization.

  • In chemistry, butylene is represented by the formula C4H8, highlighting its identity as a hydrocarbon.

Synonyms

butene
vsbutylene
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A simple chemical made of carbon and hydrogen used to make plastics and synthetic rubber

is the same group but noted mainly for use in making synthetic rubbers and chemicals

Surface Forms

butylene singular
butylenes plural

Morphology

butylene = butyl (opaque) = butyl + ene

The formation uses technical chemical morphemes ('butyl' + '-ene') whose meanings and implications (alkene isomerism) are specialized and not derivable for an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Butylene comes from butyl, a name that comes from the Latin word for 'butter' because a similar acid was first found in butter, and the ending -ene, which means a 'double bond' as in ethylene. So butylene is a four-carbon hydrocarbon with a 'double bond', which is exactly what the name means.