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unusual facts about Butane


Lighter fluid

Butane, a highly flammable, colorless, easily liquefied gas used in cigarette lighters


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Freddie Joe Farnsworth

Upon leaving the Marine Corps, Farnsworth returned to Casper, Wyoming and was working as a truck driver and in sales for Butane Power and Equipment Co. when in April 1996 he began work as a technical advisor on Starship Troopers and began his association with Dale Dye's company Warriors Inc.

Hash oil

Due largely to its potential for explosions -- making hash oil via butane extraction is presently illegal in California.

Sec-Butylamine

sec-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, tert-butylamine and isobutylamine.

Son Hoyoung

According to the police, at 4:36 am, Son Ho Young parked his car at a parking lot near Onnuri Community Church, Seoul and attempted to commit suicide in the same method as his girlfriend by lighting butane gas inside his car.

Thermobaric weapon

Thermobaric and fuel-air explosives have been used in guerrilla warfare since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in Lebanon, which used a gas-enhanced explosive mechanism, probably propane, butane or acetylene.


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