Butyl rubber is a synthetic rubber, a copolymer of isobutylene with isoprene. The abbreviation IIR stands for isobutylene isoprene rubber. Polyisobutylene, also known as PIB or polyisobutene, (C 4 H 8) n, is the homopolymer of isobutylene, or 2-methyl-1-propene, on which butyl rubber is based.Butyl rubber is produced by polymerization of about 98% of isobutylene with about 2% of isoprene.Structurally, polyisobutylene resembles polypropylene, having two methyl groups substituted on every other carbon atom.utyl rubber has excellent impermeability, and the long polyisobutylene segments of its polymer chains give it good flex properties. The formula for PIB is: â(âCH 2 âC(CH 3) 2 â) n â. The formula for IIR is:
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The energy is generally not needed immediately, so it is used to combine ADP with phosphate ions to form ATP molecules. During the process of cellular respiration, carbon dioxide is given off as a waste product. This carbon dioxide can be used by photosynthesizing cells to form new carbohydrates. Also in the process of cellular respiration, oxygen gas is required to serve as an acceptor of electrons.