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Chemicals
Main-Family
Unsaturated Monomers
Sub-Family
Aliphatic Olefins
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Description

Butenes - or Butylenes - are alkenes with the formula C4H8. They are colourless gases that are present in crude oil as a minor constituent in quantities that are too small for viable extraction. Butenes are therefore obtained by cracking of long-chain hydrocarbons left during refining of crude oil. Cracking produces a mixture of products, and the butenes are extracted from this by fractional distillation.

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Value Chain-I
C4 Stream
Properties
Status
A
Unit of Measure
Metric Ton
Physical State

Gas

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Update by
UserPic  Kokel, Nicolas
Last Update
9/9/2025 5:25 AM
Added
4/6/2021 9:45 PM