How to Use isobutylene in a Sentence

isobutylene

noun

• The company also reported at the time that 25 people living within 0.4 mile of the plant were at risk from isobutylene in the event of a fire.
  — Alexandra Berzon and Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• Among the substances were ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene were also in the rail cars that were derailed, the list shows.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
• The trailers were moved to the highest ground on the property, and as far as possible from tanks of sulfur dioxide, a highly corrosive gas, and isobutylene, a highly flammable one.
  — Clifford Krauss, Hiroko Tabuchi and Henry Fountain, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2017
• Exposure to large amounts of the other three chemicals, two of them liquid and one, isobutylene, a flammable gas, is also known to cause headaches, nausea and respiratory problems.
  — Nick Keppler, Anna Phillips and Justine McDaniel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
• Isobutylene One car carrying isobutylene, a flammable gas with a petroleum-like odor, did not appear to be breached in the derailment, according to Norfolk Southern.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• In addition to the vinyl chloride butyl acrylate that were previously disclosed, the agency said four more chemicals — ethylene glycol, monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, and isobutylene — were in some of the cars.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• People living closest to the site of the derailment have been offered water and air testing for noxious chemicals found in the train cars, including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene.
  — Ericka L. Copeland, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
• The train had about 20 cars containing chemicals including vinyl chloride — considered a carcinogen — as well as ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene, according to the EPA.
  — Jef Feeley, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
• The plant stores other hazardous chemicals, including sulfur dioxide and isobutylene.
  — Clifford Krauss, Hiroko Tabuchi and Henry Fountain, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2017
• Only sulfur dioxide and another substance, methylpropene, also called isobutylene, were present in high enough quantities at the Crosby plant to meet the EPA’s minimum threshold for requiring a risk-management plan.
  — Alexandra Berzon and Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• Other chemicals being carried on the train include butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, isobutylene, and ethylene glycol monobutyl.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 15 Feb. 2023
• Several cars were also carrying ethyl acrylate and isobutylene, which are also considered to be very toxic and possibly carcinogenic.
  — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Days earlier, 38 railcars of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in the town, 11 of them carrying hazardous chemicals: vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, and isobutylene.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2023
• The 38 cars that derailed roughly on Feb. 3 were carrying substances including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene — all toxic to humans and the environment.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Enterprise already is building a isobutane dehydrogenation plant in Mont Belvieu to create isobutylene that's used to make lubricants, rubber products, gasoline components and more.
  — Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024