Propane

By: Danny Pham Block: E  **//__ Propane __//** The organic compound that I have chosen to research on is Propane which is a three Carbon Alkane. Propane is one of the many gases that are used today in everyday life and is usually in a form of a liquid making it easy to be transported to places around the world. The structure of propane is simply basic consisting of 3 Carbon atoms and 8 Hydrogen atoms. Propane and many other gases are produced from two sources: crude oil refining and natural gas processing. The natural gases that are produced contain many light hydrocarbons which are separated in gas processing plants. The separated hydrocarbons are then boiled to a certain temperature but if the boiling point was off then what the worker would have wanted would turn out to be something different. In the process of making propane people add an odor because originally propane is odorless and so by adding the odor it would be easy to find out if there is a leak of propane.

When propane gas is a vapor the weight of it is 1.5 times heavier than air so it would settle in low areas so it is best to warn other people if there is any around and get them safely away to a distant area in case of a explosion unless otherwise. The amazing thing about propane is that there are many uses for it and not only can we use propane for a lot of things it is also better for the environment emitting less greenhouse gases than other fuels like gasoline and diesel. The list of usages for propane goes on for a long time but we mainly see propane used as a fuel for barbecues, portable stoves and in motor vehicles. However, there are some products that contain propane and we do not even know about it like shaving cream, air heating and the list goes on from there.

One surprisingly interesting fact is that in Canada there are over 60,000 vehicles that operate on propane, I thought the amount of vehicles that operated on propane was greater. In the end it would be so much better to use propane instead of the other harmful gases because propane could help us with the environment a lot more than gasoline or even diesel.


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