Wow dude. Impressive!Butane is a simple Alkane. I keep track of them using, "Mary eats peanut butter", followed by the Greek alphabet. Methane, Ethane, Propane, Butane...Pentane, Hexane, Heptane, Octane, etc.
Alkanes are cabon chains with hydrogen molecules attached at the ratio of carbon X 2 + 2 hydrogens.
Methane has one carbon and four hydrogens, ethane has two carbons and 6 hydrogens, Propane has three carbons and 8 hydrogens, and Butane has four carbons and 10 hydrogens.
Butane is neither a green house gas, nor a ozone depleting gas, but because it is twice as heavy as air, it hangs around close to the ground contributing to ground smog.
I prefer to recycle butane for that reason, as well as the ecological damage done extracting the butane from the ground in the first place and any pollution added refining it. It is also less prone to ignition in a closed loop system.
Thank you for the responseButane is a simple Alkane. I keep track of them using, "Mary eats peanut butter", followed by the Greek alphabet. Methane, Ethane, Propane, Butane...Pentane, Hexane, Heptane, Octane, etc.
Alkanes are cabon chains with hydrogen molecules attached at the ratio of carbon X 2 + 2 hydrogens.
Methane has one carbon and four hydrogens, ethane has two carbons and 6 hydrogens, Propane has three carbons and 8 hydrogens, and Butane has four carbons and 10 hydrogens.
Butane is neither a green house gas, nor a ozone depleting gas, but because it is twice as heavy as air, it hangs around close to the ground contributing to ground smog.
I prefer to recycle butane for that reason, as well as the ecological damage done extracting the butane from the ground in the first place and any pollution added refining it. It is also less prone to accidental ignition in a closed loop system.