| Typical Application of C3H6 |
| Used for films, fibers, containers, packaging, and caps and closures |
| The production of important chemicals such as propylene oxide, acrylonitrile, cumene, butyraldehyde, and acrylic acid. |
| Used to produce isopropanol (propan-2-ol), acrylonitrile, propylene oxide, and epichlorohydrin. |
| As an intermediate in the one-step propane selective oxidation to acrylic acid. |
| In industry and workshops, propene is used as an alternative fuel to acetylene in Oxy-fuel welding and cutting, brazing and heating of metal for the purpose of bending. |