propane

A colorless gas, C₃H₈, found in natural gas and petroleum and widely used as a fuel.

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, of the paraffin series, found in crude petroleum: made by reducing isopropyl iodide with zinc and hydrochloric acid, or by the action of hydriodic acid on acetone, glycerol, etc. It is liquid below—17° C.

A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; — called also propyl hydride.

An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas.

colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel