Propylene oxide
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Propylene oxide is a highly toxic flammable chemical compound. It was once used as a racing fuel, but that usage is now prohibited under the US NHRA rules for safety reasons. It is also used in thermobaric weapons. It is an epoxide.
Its major industrial use is as the monomer used in the production of polypropylene oxide (polypropylene glycol). Propylene oxide is also used in the production of propylene glycols, propylene glycols ether, 1,4-butadiol, methyl proplyene glycols and propylene carbonate.
[edit] Production
Industrial production of Propylene oxide is mainly from co-oxidation of propylene with other chemicals.
- Propylene + Chlorine + Lime(chlorine absorber) -> Propylene oxide + Calcium Chloride
- Propylene + isobutene -> Propylene oxide + t-butyl alcohol
- Propylene + ethylbenzene -> Propylene oxide + styrene
The above technologies create additional side products.
[edit] External links
MSDS
http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/PR/propylene_oxide.html
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