Butanal Production Cost Reports

Butanal production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Butanal production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Butanal. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Butanal or Butyraldehyde (C4H8O) is a natural product found in Coffea arabica, Parkia speciosa, and other organisms. It belongs to the class of butanals consisting of propane holding a formyl substituent at the 1-position. It is a hydrocarbon belonging to the aldehyde group, an aldehydic derivative of butane. It is present in all living organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. It has also been found in foods like borages, hard kinds of wheat, skunk currants, ostrich ferns, and fennels. It functions like a biomarker, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is mainly produced via the hydroformylation of propylene and the catalytic dehydrogenation of n-butanol.

The chemical appears to be a clear, colourless liquid and has a pungent odour. It has a taste similar to apples, bread, and chocolate. Its respective boiling and melting points are 74.8 °C and -99 °C. Its molar mass is 72.11 g/mol, and its density is 0.8 g/ml.

Butanal is not soluble in water and is less dense than water, with vapours heavier than air. It is miscible with a majority of organic solvents. The chemical is a very weak basic compound. It is a flammable liquid. and has no therapeutic use.

Butanal is used as a solvent and intermediate for making synthetic resins, plasticizers, alcohols, solvents and polymers, and rubber accelerators which is driving the market growth. It also plays the role of an intermediate for making pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, antioxidants, rubber accelerators, textile auxiliaries, perfumery and flavours. Hence, owing to its various applications, its market growth is expanding.