Crossword clues for butadiene
The Collaborative International Dictionary
butadiene \butadiene\ n. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.
Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH2=CH-CH=CH2; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.
WordNet
n. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used 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.