How to Use butyl in a Sentence

butyl

noun
  • Butyl urea slows the formation of those H-bonds, preventing curl.
    Patrick Di Justo, WIRED, 26 Apr. 2011
  • Is your home filled with rusty cassettes, threadbare Lycra shorts, and butyl tubes awaiting repair?
    Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, opt for eliminator drop cloths, which are made of heavyweight, leak-resistant butyl and won’t slide.
    Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The butyl is known for quality air retention, allowing the ball to maintain its 8-psi standard while inflating it.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Several train cars ruptured, the memo states, leaking vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate chemicals, which are used to manufacture plastics and resins.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Also on the train were butyl acrylate and ethylhexyl acrylate—both toxic ingredients in plastics—and a slew of other chemicals, which mixed together and burned.
    WIRED, 18 Feb. 2023
  • When asked at a briefing about exactly what spilled, representatives from Norfolk Southern listed butyl acrylate, vinyl chloride and a small amount of non-hazardous lube oil.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Other chemicals spilled in the derailment included butyl acrylate, which can cause skin irritation, as well as petroleum and the carcinogen ethylhexyl acrylate, which has been linked to aquatic death, according to Grist’s John McCracken.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Vanillyl butyl gives this balm a warming sensation and increases circulation, while arnica mountain flower allows relief from inflammation.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2022
  • Alpha-tocopherol, pyridoxal phosphate, pantothenic acid, tyrosine tryptophan, butyl butanoate, phloretin xyloglucoside, ethyl hexanoate.
    Eric Spitznagel, Bon Appetit, 21 July 2017

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