butadiene
See also: butadiène
English
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Noun
butadiene (countable and uncountable, plural butadienes)
- (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH2=CH-CH=CH2; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.
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Translations
the compound CH2CH-CHCH2
Italian
Noun
butadiene m (plural butadieni)