编辑“︁丙烷”︁（章节）

== 用途 ==
{{main|液化石油气}}
[[File:Propanecylinder.jpg|thumb|upright|right|零售液化石油气罐]]

丙烷常用作烧烤、便携式炉灶和机动车的燃料。丙烷通常被用来驱动[[火车]]，[[公共汽車]]，[[叉车]]和[[出租车]]，也被用来充当休旅车和露营时取暖和做饭的燃料。在北美的一些农村，人们用丙烷来填充炉灶、热水器和干手机等产热的器具。截至2000年，690万美国家庭以丙烷作为主要燃料。<ref>{{cite web |title=General U.S. Industry Statistics and Characteristics of Propane |url=http://www.npga.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=633 |author=美国人口调查局，美国能源与运输统计 |date=2000 |accessdate=2007-09-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191528/http://www.npga.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=633 |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

商用的“丙烷”燃料，或称液化石油气，是不纯的。在[[美国]]和[[加拿大]]，其主要成分是90%的丙烷外加最多5%的丁烷和丙烯以及[[臭味剂]]。这是美国和加拿大的国内标准，通常写作HD-5标准。需要注意的是，从[[甲烷]]（[[天然气]]）制备的液化石油气不包含丙烯，只有从[[原油精炼]]过程中得到的丙烷才含有。同样，在一些其他国家，比如[[墨西哥]]，丁烷的标准含量会低一些。

丙烷的其他用途包括：

*[[蒸汽裂化]]制备基础[[石化产品]]的给料。丙烷是用于合成丙烯和丙烯酸的潛力原料<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane with cobalt, tungsten and molybdenum based materials|url=https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/326941|last=Universidad de Antioquia|last2=Salamanca Guzmán|first2=Maurin|date=2017-09-01|journal=Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia|issue=84|doi=10.17533/udea.redin.n84a11|pages=97–104|last3=Licea Fonseca|first3=Yordy Enrique|last4=Instituto Nacional de Tecnología|last5=Echavarría Isaza|first5=Adriana|last6=Universidad de Antioquia|last7=Faro|first7=Arnaldo|last8=Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro|last9=Palacio Santos|first9=Luz Amparo|access-date=2021-09-19|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121011725/https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/326941|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation over Nickel Supported on Sulfated Zirconia|url=http://www.journal.csj.jp/doi/10.1246/cl.1999.25|last=Wang|first=Shaobin|last2=Murata|first2=Kazuhisa|date=1999-01|journal=Chemistry Letters|issue=1|doi=10.1246/cl.1999.25|volume=28|pages=25–26|language=en|issn=0366-7022|last3=Hayakawa|first3=Takashi|last4=Hamakawa|first4=Satoshi|last5=Suzuki|first5=Kunio|access-date=2021-09-19|archive-date=2021-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105193730/https://www.journal.csj.jp/doi/10.1246/cl.1999.25|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The reaction network in propane oxidation over phase-pure MoVTeNb M1 oxide catalysts|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0021951713004417|last=Naumann d’Alnoncourt|first=Raoul|last2=Csepei|first2=Lénárd-István|date=2014-03|journal=Journal of Catalysis|doi=10.1016/j.jcat.2013.12.008|volume=311|pages=369–385|language=en|last3=Hävecker|first3=Michael|last4=Girgsdies|first4=Frank|last5=Schuster|first5=Manfred E.|last6=Schlögl|first6=Robert|last7=Trunschke|first7=Annette|access-date=2021-09-19|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121011741/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0021951713004417|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Multifunctionality of Crystalline MoV(TeNb) M1 Oxide Catalysts in Selective Oxidation of Propane and Benzyl Alcohol|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cs400010q|last=Amakawa|first=Kazuhiko|last2=Kolen’ko|first2=Yury V.|date=2013-06-07|journal=ACS Catalysis|issue=6|doi=10.1021/cs400010q|volume=3|pages=1103–1113|language=en|issn=2155-5435|last3=Villa|first3=Alberto|last4=Schuster|first4=Manfred E/|last5=Csepei|first5=Lénárd-István|last6=Weinberg|first6=Gisela|last7=Wrabetz|first7=Sabine|last8=Naumann d’Alnoncourt|first8=Raoul|last9=Girgsdies|first9=Frank|access-date=2021-09-19|archive-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217050849/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cs400010q|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Surface chemistry of phase-pure M1 MoVTeNb oxide during operation in selective oxidation of propane to acrylic acid|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0021951711002910|last=Hävecker|first=Michael|last2=Wrabetz|first2=Sabine|date=2012-01|journal=Journal of Catalysis|issue=1|doi=10.1016/j.jcat.2011.09.012|volume=285|pages=48–60|language=en|last3=Kröhnert|first3=Jutta|last4=Csepei|first4=Lenard-Istvan|last5=Naumann d’Alnoncourt|first5=Raoul|last6=Kolen’ko|first6=Yury V.|last7=Girgsdies|first7=Frank|last8=Schlögl|first8=Robert|last9=Trunschke|first9=Annette|access-date=2021-09-19|archive-date=2022-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308000125/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0021951711002910|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Kinetic studies of propane oxidation on Mo and V based mixed oxide catalysts|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/kinetic-studies-of-propane-oxidation-on-mo-and-v-based-mixed-oxide-catalysts/oclc/839121084|last=Csepei|first=Lénárd-István|last2=Schlögl|first2=Robert|date=2011|publisher=Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Berlin|language=en|journal=|access-date=2021-09-19|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121014627/https://www.worldcat.org/title/kinetic-studies-of-propane-oxidation-on-mo-and-v-based-mixed-oxide-catalysts/oclc/839121084|dead-url=no}}</ref>。
*在某些[[火焰喷射器]]中充当燃料或加压气体。
*生产[[丙醇]]的原料。
*[[热气球]]的主要燃料。
*[[半导体]]工业中用来沉淀[[金刚砂]]。
*丙烷被用作[[軟氣槍]]的[[推进剂]]（Green Gas，綠氣）。
*在一些[[主题公园]]和[[电影]]拍摄里，液态的丙烷被用作一种便宜而又高能量的物质来产生爆炸或一些其他的效果。
*[[冷媒]]代號R290。