isobutylene

noun

iso·​bu·​tyl·​ene ˌī-sō-ˈbyü-tə-ˌlēn How to pronounce isobutylene (audio)
: a gaseous butylene C4H8 used especially in making butyl rubber and gasoline components

Examples of isobutylene in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Twenty cars contained hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol, ethylhexyl acrylate, butyl acrylate and isobutylene, the EPA said, with some cars catching fire, and some cars spilled their loads into an adjacent ditch. Emily Mills, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023 Chemicals:What are vinyl chloride and isobutylene? Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2023 The chemicals included vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and isobutylene. Max Filby, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023 The incident comes more than a month after a Norfolk Southern foreign train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing vinyl chloride, ethyl acrylate and isobutylene into the environment. Teddy Grant, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023 The car carrying isobutylene was not breached. Anna Phillips, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023 The incident comes a little over a month after a Norfolk Southern foreign train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing vinyl chloride, ethyl acrylate and isobutylene into the environment. Teddy Grant, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2023 The train had about 20 cars containing chemicals including vinyl chloride — considered a carcinogen — as well as ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene, according to the EPA. Jef Feeley, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023 People living closest to the site of the derailment have been offered water and air testing for noxious chemicals found in the train cars, including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene. Ericka L. Copeland, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023

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Word History

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First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of isobutylene was in 1872

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“Isobutylene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isobutylene. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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