Butane

Butane = C 4 H 10 n-Butane is an alkane gas with 4 __carbon__ atoms. Butanes are highly flammable, colorless, odorless, and easy gases to liquify. When there is oxygen available, butane burns to form carbon dioxide and water vapor. When oxygen is limited soot carbon or carbon monoxide will form. The main use for Butane is lighter fluid. Other uses are bottled as fuel for cooking and camping. Also it is used as a propellant in aerosol sprays like deodorant. When blended with propane, it is referred to commercially as liquified petroleum gas. found in natural gas as well as crude oil. An interesting fact about Butane is that it can be a killer. In 2000 it was the cause of 52% of "solvent related" deaths. Butane inhalation can cause euphoria, drowsiness, narcosis, and etc. In the American Journal of Applied Sciences, showed that nitrogen dioxide, a toxic gas, results from burning butane gas and is a hazard to humans, which some stoves and heaters emit this in homes.
 * Molecular Weight: 58.1222 g/mol**

Butane can be used at lighter fuel or just fuel for camping and cooking. When added to propane in makes LPG, liquified petroleum gas. Pure forms of butane can be used as refrigerants. Cordless hair irons also used butane. Butane can be very dangerous for one's health if inhaled and is the most common cause of solvent related deaths. It has severe consequences to the lungs Effects and Health Issues Related to Butane: Inhalation of butane can cause euphoria, drowsiness, narcosis, asphyxia, cardiac arrhythmia, temporary memory loss and frostbite, which can result in death fromasphyxiation and ventricular fibrillation. Butane is the most commonly misused volatile substance in the UK, and was the cause of 52% of "solvent related" deaths in 2000. By spraying butane directly into the throat, the jet of fluid can cool rapidly to −20 °C by expansion, causing prolonged laryngospasm."Sudden sniffer's death" syndrome, first described by Bass in 1970, is the most common single cause of "solvent related" death, resulting in 55% of known fatal cases. The paper "Emission of nitrogen dioxide from butane gas heaters and stoves indoors", from the American Journal of Applied Sciences, indicates that nitrogen dioxide, a toxic gas, results from burning butane gas, and represents a human health hazard from home heaters and stoves.

__**Uses of Butane:**__
 * The most common use of butane is as the fuel for the common cigarette lighter. Cigar smokers appreciate the strong flame of a butane lighter as well to avoid uneven burning. These are sold in both disposable and refillable models. Bic is one company that makes these lighters and they work great.
 * The same butane fuel is used for the butane torch. These are most commonly used in the kitchen for caramelizing sugar in cooking. They may also be used in glassmaking.
 * Butane gas is sold in gas bottles for cooking on a grill or for various uses while camping. Smaller cans of butane are also sold for specially designed camping stoves.
 * Butane can also be mixed with propane and other products to make LPG (liquified petroleum gas). This can be used as fuel for vehicles, in cigarette lighters, in aerosol sprays as a propellant and in the production of other petrochemicals. This sounds dangerous and harmful to the environment.
 * The purest forms of butane can be used as refrigerants in household refrigerators and freezers. This has replaced the derivatives of methane, which cause depletion of the ozone layer.
 * Cordless hair irons are heated with a cartridge of butane