With modern pressure-fractionating equipment, the separation of liquefied petroleum gases into propane, n-but&ne, and iso butane is a relatively simple procedure which is being conducted in many plants. The resulting butane is employed as a carbureting agent, and propane, in addition, is used in refrigerating equipment. Liquefied isobutane or propane are extracting agents for the refining of resins and gums (80,103) or oils and asphalts (3,93,122).
AlcoholsThe conversion of olefins to alcohols is accomplished by absorption in sulfuric acid. The alkyl sulfuric acids which arc formed as intermediates are then hydrolyzed to alcohols.
INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRYVol. 26, No. 8 occurs (49). Most lubricating oils contain reactive hydrocarbons which are partly removed from the oil by agitation with sulfuric acid. The sludges from such refining operations contain free acids, polymerized bodies, asphaltic materials, and oxidized substances together with various sulfonated products.