How to Use butadiene in a Sentence

butadiene

noun
  • Her torso is fashioned from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, while her arms are made of ethylvinylacetate.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The plant’s emissions reports show that benzene and butadiene, chemicals linked to cancer, are among its pollutants.
    — Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And is now exploring its application to styrene-butadiene rubber for vehicle tires.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • With this cross-linking approach, the researchers can also strengthen styrene-butadiene-styrene rubber which is used in shoe soles, as well as asphalt and roofing materials with the same results.
    — Shirl Leigh june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2026
  • The plant, which manufactures butadiene, a chemical used to make synthetic rubber, is a common sight on the Texas Gulf Coast.
    — Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Rubber is also considered plastic, both natural (isoprene) and synthetic (styrene butadiene).
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The blasts happened near where TPC makes butadiene, a chemical used to make synthetic rubber and other products, company officials have said.
    — NBC News, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The shelves and interior of the refrigerator and freezer generally consist of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene or polypropylene, which are durable polymers.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • By the early sixties, these bricks, now made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic, were sold across Europe and the United States.
    — JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Packard said the petrochemical plants emit hundreds of tons of toxic, carcinogenic pollutants, including butadiene, acetaldehyde, benzene and formaldehyde.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Firefighters said a rail car at Mallard Creek Polymers transfer site was leaking butadiene which is a chemical that is used as a bonding agent in the production of synthetic rubber.
    — Caroline Hicks and Wbtv, charlotteobserver, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The team successfully replicated this impact-resistant effect in styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) rubber, which is commonly used in shoe soles, asphalt, and roofing.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • The pollutants the Baytown refinery released included sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, butadiene and benzene.
    — Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The electrodes were constructed by casting a slurry onto aluminum foil using binders such as polyvinylidene fluoride, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and styrene-butadiene rubber, along with conductive carbon additives.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
  • The chemicals, including butadiene and acrylonitrile, would be combined, slowly churned, cooled and finally stripped of elements unneeded in the finished NBR.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • That was followed by a smaller voluntary evacuation order after officials detected elevated levels of butadiene, a chemical used to make synthetic rubber and other products.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Reinforcing materials are then deposited, including thermoplastic carbon-fiber acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) for lightweight strength or thermoset resins like epoxy for greater stiffness and durability.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
  • About a dozen companies reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that the flooding had forced unauthorized emissions of pollutants, including cancer-causing 1,3 butadiene, benzene and ethylene oxide.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019

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