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Colorless, flammable gas used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation

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  • A geothermal electricity plant can tap into that hot water and bring it to the surface, where it is used to heat a fluid, such as isobutane, which boils at a lower...
  • Another potential alternative is hydrocarbon-based refrigerants, such as isobutane, which has been used in household refrigerators throughout Europe and in parts of Asia...
  • Hydrocracking produces relatively large amounts of isobutane for alkylation feedstock.
  • Olah found that for instance protonated isobutane decomposes to the t-butyl cation and molecular hydrogen.
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