Butanol

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Butanol is a four carbon straight chain alcohol, also known as 1-butanol or n-butanol, which can be used as a transport fuel. Butanol has a higher energy density than ethanol. Research is being conducted by DuPont and BP into the potential of butanol as a second generation biofuel^[1].

It has a density of 810 kg/m3info.png

'810 kg/m3'

Last calculated 84 weeks ago

.^[2], a high heating value of 108458 Btu/galloninfo.png

'108458 Btu/gallon'

Last calculated 83 weeks ago

and a low heating value of 99837 Btu/galloninfo.png

'99837 Btu/gallon'

Last calculated 83 weeks ago

^[3]

References

1. ↑ Biobutanol Fact Sheet
2. ↑ http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0111.htm
3. ↑ http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhydrogen.pnl.gov%2Fcocoon%2Fmorf%2Fprojects%2Fhydrogen%2Fdatasheets%2Flower_and_higher_heating_values.xls&rct=j&q=n%20butanol%20low%20heating%20value&ei=s3m9TM7_HImmcNLoiOgN&usg=AFQjCNG-O5VY0ZIFEOzy-xAX5VlglHkzQw&sig2=taes3-YBFgwjD34YEzyIQA&cad=rja