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Answer for the clue "Used in making synthetic rubbers ", 9 letters:
butadiene

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Word definitions for butadiene in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH 2 =CH-CH=CH 2 ; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
butadiene \butadiene\ n. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6 ; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.

Usage examples of butadiene.

Even though we know, from the encyclopedias, that the secret is to co-polymerize butadiene and styrene (or acrylonitrile), where exactly are the butadiene and styrene coming from?

Well, we can make butadiene from alcohol, or from petroleum ingredients like butane or butylene.

Made of acry-lonitrile butadiene stryrene (ABS) plastic, Lego's discrete modular bricks are indestructible and fully intended to be nothing except themselves.