PROPANE

CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9 degrees Celsius and boils at −42.2 degrees Celsius. Propane occurs in nature in natural gas and (in dissolved form) in crude oil; it is also a byproduct of petroleum refining. It is used chiefly as a fuel. For this purpose it is sold compressed in cylinders of various sizes, often mixed with other hydrocarbons, e.g., butane. Propane fuel is used in a type of cigarette lighter and in portable stoves and lamps.

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books on: Propane  - 524 results

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Fundamentals of Petroleum Trading
Book by Hossein Razavi, Fereidun Fesharaki; Praeger, 1991
Subjects: Commodity Exchanges, Petroleum Industry And Trade
INTRODUCTION OF PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS The instability...movements. In response, NYMEX developed a propane contract, which was introduced in 1987...contract, which was introduced in 1990. Propane Contract The propane contract calls for...
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Saudi Arabia Enters the Twenty-First Century: The Political, Foreign Policy, Economic, and Energy Dimensions
Book by Anthony H. Cordesman; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: National Security--Saudi Arabia, Petroleum Industry And Trade--Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia--Politics And Government--20th Century
...will consume nearly 1 million tons of propane per year, but will be able to run on...cracker that can run on a mix of ethane, propane, and light naphtha; it will utilize 820,000 tons of propane per year. The project cost was about...
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Industrial Complex Analysis and Regional Development: A Case Study of Refinery-Petrochemical-Synthetic-Fiber Complexes and Puerto Rico
Book by Walter Isard; Technology Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959
Subjects: Chemical industry--Puerto Rico, Industrial location--Case studies, Petroleum industry and trade--Puerto Rico
...ethane: C 2 , propylene: C 3 --, and propane: C 3 . The cracker-coker united gas...5% of the propylene, 89.5% of the propane, and all the butylenes and butanes of...stream, which also contains the inert propane and butanes. This exit stream is virtually...
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Proceedings of ICLS 2000: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, June 14th-17th, 2000
Book by Barry J. Fishman, Samuel F. O'Connor-Divelbiss; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000
Subjects: Education--Congresses, Educational Sociology--Congresses, Educational Technology--Congresses, Learning, Psychology Of--Congresses
...bond arrangement of carbon was appropriate for a propane model. They clicked on the sp2 hybrid orbital...them wonder whether the model they created was propane or not. Through building a propane model on eChem, these two students constructed...
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Political Business in East Asia
Book by Edmund Terence Gomez; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Business And Politics--East Asia, Democratization--East Asia, Political Corruption--East Asia
...Xinpin shiryouqi 1980s Kuang Hua 30 Propane gas provision and supply (joint venture...Xinying shiyouqi 1980s Kuang Hua 28.8 Propane gas provision and supply (joint venture...Xinyun shiyouqi 1980s Kuang Hua 28.8 Propane gas provision and supply (joint venture...
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journal articles on: Propane  - 241 results

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Assessing the Competitive Strength of Propane as a Consumer Energy Choice
Journal article by Paul Bony; Management Quarterly, Vol. 37, 1996
Subjects: Petrochemicals industry--Evaluation, Petroleum chemicals industry--Evaluation, Plumas County, California--Energy use, Propane, Sierra County, California--Energy use
Assessing the Competitive Strength of Propane as a Consumer Energy Choice. by Paul...especially direct vented room heaters. The propane industry is in a position to capitalize...the home heating market. Unlike wood, propane has the ability to also capture water...
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Paradigm Pioneering: Edgar Electric Enters the Propane Business to Get an Edge on the Future
Journal article by Allison Conley Hammond; Management Quarterly, Vol. 33, 1992
Subjects: Edgar Electric Cooperative Association--Management, Electric cooperatives--Management, Petrochemicals industry--Management, Petroleum chemicals industry--Management, Rural electric cooperatives--Management
...Pioneering: Edgar Electric Enters the Propane Business to Get an Edge on the Future...offer a competitive price per gallon for propane in the geographic sales territory and...selling a competing energy source, liquid propane gas. It is not the intent of this article...
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Identifying Potential Branch Locations in Propane Industry
Journal article by Richard A. Gordon; The Journal of Business Forecasting Methods & Systems, Vol. 11, 1993
Subjects: Acquisitions & mergers, Corporate growth, LPG, Market potential, Recommendations, United States
Identifying Potential Branch Locations in Propane Industry by Richard A. Gordon The propane company I was working for during the late eighties...advantage. The economies of scale were driving the propane business to larger operations with much promise...
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Disposition of Orally Administered 2,2-Bis(4-Hydroxyphenyl)propane (Bisphenol A) in Pregnant Rats and the Placental Transfer to Fetuses
Journal article by Osamu Takahashi, Shinshi Oishi; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...Administered 2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (Bisphenol A) in Pregnant Rats and the...html 2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (bisphenol A; BPA) has been used in...BPA, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, is somewhat structurally related to...
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Competition among Energy Sources: How Do the Electric Cooperatives Rate?
Journal article by Bernard W. Galing; Management Quarterly, Vol. 37, 1996
Subjects: Dwellings--Power supply, Electric cooperatives--Research, Electric power supply, Housing, Petrochemicals industry--Research, Petroleum chemicals industry--Research, Propane, Rural electric cooperatives--Research
...forms of energy such as natural gas, propane, and other energy sources have become...currently exploring the idea of becoming propane and natural gas suppliers. Figure 2 depicts...energy. When combined, natural gas and propane are preferred at about the same rate as...
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magazine articles on: Propane  - 486 results

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Going Green with Propane School Buses Offers Great Tax Advantages
Magazine article by Bruce A. Leauby, Jack Zook; The CPA Journal, Vol. 80, March 2010
Subjects: Advantages, Alternative energy sources, Energy tax credit, Propane, School buses, United States
Going Green with Propane School Buses Offers Great Tax Advantages...bus operators, the recently introduced propane-powered Blue Bird-built school bus...While this article focuses on the new propane school bus, many of the tax benefits...
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Gassy Bugs: Microbes May Produce Propane under the Sea
Magazine article by J. Rehmeyer; Science News, Vol. 170, September 30, 2006
Subjects: Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe--Research, Microorganisms--Research, Propane--Research
Gassy Bugs: Microbes May Produce Propane under the Sea. by J. Rehmeyer For decades...puzzled by periodic findings of ethane and propane in sediments that theyve pulled from deep...organic matter. But sometimes, ethane and propane turn up in areas where that process seems...
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RMP Regulation Reduces Most Propane Rules
Magazine article by James L. Nash; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 61, October 1999
Subjects: Liquefied natural gas industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Propane, Risk management--Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Laws, regulations and rules
RMP Regulation Reduces Most Propane Rules. by James L. Nash The propane gas industry is elated and environmental groups appear...Industry representatives argue that fuels such as propane and butane never should have been linked to toxic...
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Tomorrow's Cars May Run on Propane
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, June 1993
Subjects: Automobiles, Natural gas--Fuel and fuel systems, Gas powered vehicles--Fuel and fuel systems, Petrochemicals industry--Forecasts and trends, Petroleum chemicals industry--Forecasts and trends
Tomorrows Cars May Run on Propane. Added propane gas could be produced to fuel up to 17,000,000 vehicles...a Washington, D.C., research firm, that amount of propane (also called LP-gas) would require an investment of...
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Hooked on Propane
Magazine article by Mark Steyn; The American Spectator, Vol. 31, June 1998
Subjects: Cellucci, Paul, Culture, New Hampshire, Politicians, Popular music
Hooked on Propane by Mark Steyn From my vantage point in the Granite...I couldnt figure out why they were saying `Propane," he said. As the Boston Herald cruelly riposted...should greet Cellucci with a rousing chorus of "Propane."
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The Push for Propane
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 24, 2008
Subjects: News agencies, Propane, The Associated Press
The Push for Propane. Byline: Dan Strumpf Associated Press...vice president of the Washington-based Propane Education and Research Council, said...percent of select auto fleets running on propane by 2017. That, he estimated, would...
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BP Faces US Action over Propane 'Manipulation'
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 29, 2006
Subjects: Liquefied petroleum gas industry, Petrochemicals industry, Petroleum chemicals industry, Propane
BP Faces US Action over Propane Manipulation. Byline: BILL CONDIE...alleging the firm manipulated the propane market in the US in 2004. Former BP...Dude, youre the entire f****** propane market." Clayborn: "Yeah, I think...
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Propane Explosion Fuels Blaze in Pleasant Hill Home, Hurting 1
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 19, 2008
Subjects: Explosions, Propane
Propane Explosion Fuels Blaze in Pleasant Hill...The Register-Guard PLEASANT HILL - A propane-fueled house fire early Friday morning...man was standing close to the source of a propane explosion inside the house, Wigington...
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Business Unit Fire Causes Railway Disruption; Valleys Line Closed as Propane Cylinders Explode in Industrial Park Blaze
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), December 10, 2008
Subjects: Fires--United Kingdom, Industrial districts, Propane, Railroads
...Railway Disruption; Valleys Line Closed as Propane Cylinders Explode in Industrial Park Blaze...others. There were dramatic scenes as propane cylinders exploded, and at one stage...hydraulic platform," he said. "A lot of propane cylinders were removed and exploded in...
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Bifuel Vehicles Give Option of Gasoline, Propane, Compressed Gas
Newspaper article by Eric Peters; The Washington Times, February 23, 1996
...vehicles give option of gasoline, propane, compressed gas by Eric Peters As alternatives to gasoline, fuels such as propane and compressed natural gas (CNG...That problem has made CNG- and propane-powered cars and trucks impractical...
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encyclopedia articles on: Propane  - 15 results

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Propane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROPANE CH 3 CH 2 CH 3 , colorless, gaseous alkane...Celsius and boils at 42.2 degrees Celsius. Propane occurs in nature in natural gas and (in...other hydrocarbons, e.g., butane. Propane fuel is used in a type of cigarette lighter...
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Propane, 2-Methyl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROPANE, 2-METHYL IUPAC name for isobutane (see butane ). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Automobile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, or propane ) and almost 25% use compressed natural...stations). Compressed natural gas, propane, hydrogen, and alcohol-based substances...fuel (gasoline-diesel and gasoline-propane) and water-fuel-emulsion cars are...
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Yost, Ed
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ballooning, Yost pioneered the used of propane (instead of hydrogen) to heat the air...and private industry, he made the first propane-powered hot-air balloon flight in...ft (12-m) balloon in a chair with propane tanks attached. His company, Raven Industries...
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Hydrocarbon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The second alkane is ethane, C 2 H 6 , and the third is propane, C 3 H 8 . Alkanes have the general formula C n H2 n +2...of low molecular weight, e.g., methane, ethane, and propane, are gases; those of intermediate molecular weight, e...
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