isobutane

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The produced fluid heats, through a heat exchanger, a secondary working fluid (isobutane, isopentane or ammonia), which vaporises at a lower temperature than water.

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  • He'd doused his cowlick with spray — Rhyme could smell propane, isobutane, and vinyl acetate — but the charming spike still stuck up like Dagwood's. —  The Coffin Dancer
  • The PCS boils up to 50 cups (12 liters) of water from only one isobutane / propane micro-canister. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
  • The company claims to be testing thousands of machines around the world that rely on other green refrigerants like isobutane and propane that also have a lower climate impact than HFCs. —  FoodAndDrinkEurope RSS
  • Butane is a collective term also used to define n-butane along with its only isomer isobutane. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The isobutane is said to be liquid down to 11F and propane to - 34F.
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