Propane, properties

Table 2-7. Propane Properties Compared to Gasoline and Diesel Fuel...

Beyond propane, it is possible to arrange the carbon atoms in branched chains while maintaining the same number of hydrogen atoms. These alternative arrangements are called isomers, and display slightly different physical properties (e.g. boiling point, density, critical temperature and pressure). Some examples are shown below ... 

The 2-imino-4-thiazolines may be used as ultraviolet-light stabilizers of polyolefin compositions (1026). 2-Aminothiazole improves adhesive properties of wood to wood glue (271). Cbmpound 428 exhibits antioxidant properties (Scheme 242) (1027). Ammonium N-(2-thiazolyl)dithio-carbamate (429) is a bactericide and fungicide used in industrial products such as lumber, paint, plastics, and textiles (1037). Compound 430 is reported (1038) to form an excellent volume of foam coating in aluminum pans when ignited with propane. 

Properties Methanol Ethanol Propane Methane Isoctane Unleaded gasoline Diesel fuel 2... 

The most important polyhydric alcohols are shown in Figure 1. Each is a white soHd, ranging from the crystalline pentaerythritols to the waxy trimethylol alkyls. The trihydric alcohols are very soluble in water, as is ditrimethylol-propane. Pentaerythritol is moderately soluble and dipentaerythritol and tripen taerythritol are less soluble. Table 1 Hsts the physical properties of these alcohols. Pentaerythritol and trimethyl olpropane have no known toxic or irritating effects (1,2). Finely powdered pentaerythritol, however, may form explosive dust clouds at concentrations above 30 g/m in air. The minimum ignition temperature is 450°C (3). 

Properties. The properties of the Hquid fuel oil produced by the SRC-II process are iafluenced by the particular processiag coafiguratioa. However, ia geaeral, it is an oil boiling between 177 and 487°C, having a specific gravity of 0.99—1.00, and a viscosity at 38°C of 40 SUs (123). Pipeline gas, propane and butane (LPG), and naphtha are also recovered from an SRC-II complex. 

Methane, ethane, and propane are the first three members of the alkane hydrocarbon series having the composition, Selected properties of these... 

Table 1. Selected Properties of Methane, Ethane, and Propane ...

Low temperature filtration (qv) is a common final refining step to remove paraffin wax in order to lower the pour point of the oil (14). As an alternative to traditional filtration aided by a propane or methyl ethyl ketone solvent, catalytic hydrodewaxing cracks the wax molecules which are then removed as lower boiling products. Finished lubricating oils are then made by blending these refined stocks to the desired viscosity, followed by introducing additives needed to provide the required performance. Table 3 Usts properties of typical commercial petroleum oils. Methods for measuring these properties are available from the ASTM (10). 

Liquefied petroleum gases precipitate asphaltic and resinous materials from cmde residues while the lubricating oil constituents remain in solution. Although all Hquefied gases possess this property to some extent, propane and butane are used to deasphalt residual lubricating oils because of their relative low cost and their ease of separation from lubricating oils. 

Physica.1 Properties. Carbonyl sulfide [463-58-1] (carbon oxysulfide), COS, is a colorless gas that is odorless when pure however, it has been described as having a foul odor. Physical constants and thermodynamic properties are Hsted ia Table 1 (17,18). The vapor pressure has been fitted to an equation, and a detailed study has been made of the phase equiUbria of the carbonyl sulfide—propane system, which is important ia the purification of propane fuel (19,20). Carbonyl sulfide can be adsorbed on molecular sieves (qv) as a means for removal from propane (21). This approach has been compared to the use of various solvents and reagents (22). 

Methane is the main constituent, with a boiling point of 119 K (—245°F). Ethane, with a boiling point of 184 K (—128°F) may be present in amounts up to 10 percent propane, with a boiling point of 231 K (—44°F), up to 3 percent. Butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, and octane may also be present. Physical properties of these hydrocarbons are given in Sec. 2. 

Compound 1 is used as a solvent in the food, paint, resin/plasties, soap and woodpulp/paper industries, and as a plastieizer. Compound 2 is used as an intermediate for the manufaeture of hydraulie fluid additives and eosmeties. Sulphonal (2 2-bis(ethylsulphonyl)-propane), another important sulphone, is a eolourless solid, stable to aeids and alkalis, with hypnotie properties. 

Chemical Designations - Synonyms 2-Hydroxy-l,2,3-Propane-Tricarboxylic Acid beta-Hyd-roxytricarballylic Acid beta-Hydroxytricarboxylic Acid Chemical Formula H0C(CH2C0jH)jC02H. Observable Characteristics - Physical State (as normally shipped) Solid Color White Odor None. Physical and Chemical Properties - Physical State at 15 T7 and 1 atm. Solid Molecular Weight 192.1 Boiling Point at 1 atm. Not pertinent (decomposes) Freezing Point 307, 153, 426 Critical Temperature Not pertinent Critical Pressure Not pertinent Specific Gravity 1.54 at 20°C (solid) Vapor (Gas) Density Not pertinent Ratio of Specific Heats of Vapor (Gas) Not pertinent Latent Heat of Vaporization Not pertinent Heat of Combustion -4,000, -2,220, -93 Heat of Decomposition Not pertinent. 

The first step in a gas processing plant is to separate the components that are to be recovered from the gas into an NGL stream. It may then be desirable to fractionate the NGL stream into various liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) components of ethane, propane, iso-butane, or normal-butane. The LPG products are defined by their vapor pressure and must meet certain criteria as shown in Table 9-1. The unfractionated natural gas liquids product (NGL) is defined by the properties in Table 9-2. NGL is made up principally of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons although it may contain some butanes and very small amounts of propane. It cannot contain heavy components that boil at more than 375°F. 

Material properties Histories include incidents involving hydrogen (a highly reactive gas), propylene, dimethyl ether, propane, cyclohexane (possibly partly... 

The reactive extrusion of polypropylene-natural rubber blends in the presence of a peroxide (1,3-bis(/-butyl per-oxy benzene) and a coagent (trimethylol propane triacrylate) was reported by Yoon et al. [64]. The effect of the concentration of the peroxide and the coagent was evaiuated in terms of thermal, morphological, melt, and mechanical properties. The low shear viscosity of the blends increased with the increase in peroxide content initially, and beyond 0.02 phr the viscosity decreased with peroxide content (Fig. 9). The melt viscosity increased with coagent concentration at a fixed peroxide content. The morphology of the samples indicated a decrease in domain size of the dispersed NR phase with a lower content of the peroxide, while at a higher content the domain size increases. The reduction in domain size... 

The parent compound of this family is methane. The propane molecule, with three carbon and eight hydrogen atoms, is third in the series after ethane (C Hf,). The specific gravity is 0.508-0.510 at 60°F (15.6°C). The melting point is -309.8°F (-189.9°C). (See Table 1 for other selected properties of LP-gases.)... 

Upon release from a pressurized container, propane vaporizes immediately. This property makes liquid propane economical to store and to transport by pipeline, rail, barge, or truck. Because they are relatively light, propane tanks and canisters can be carried... 

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