butyl alcohol

noun

Definition of butyl alcohol

: any of four flammable alcohols C₄H₉OH (such as butanol) used in organic synthesis and as solvents

Recent Examples of butyl alcohol from the Web

As part of the project, the company will build a plant to refine tertiary butyl alcohol into fuel additives at its nearby Bayport facility in Pasadena.

— jordan blum, Houston Chronicle, "LyondellBasell plans new $2B chemicals and plastics project along Gulf Coast," 25 Oct. 2017
The plant will have the biggest production capacity in the world for these chemicals, capable of manufacturing 1 billion pounds of propylene oxide and 2.2 billion pounds of tertiary butyl alcohol a year.

— jordan blum, Houston Chronicle, "LyondellBasell plans new $2B chemicals and plastics project along Gulf Coast," 25 Oct. 2017
The new LyondellBasell plant will make propylene oxide, which is used to make bedding, carpeting, coatings, building materials and adhesives, and the by-product tertiary butyl alcohol, which is refined into an additive that makes fuels burn cleaner.

— jordan blum, Houston Chronicle, "LyondellBasell plans new $2B chemicals and plastics project along Gulf Coast," 25 Oct. 2017

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