Butane, njengengxenye eyinhloko yegesi eliwuketshezi, ngesimo sayo esimsulwa, imele umkhiqizo wegesi ewuketshezi oluhlanzekile. Ngenxa yalokho, ukusetshenziswa kwayo esimweni esixubile kuphephile ngokuyisisekelo, engenazo izingozi zangaphakathi.
Ukukhathazeka okuyinhloko ekusebenziseni i-butane exubile ekwenziweni kwegesi eliwuketshezi kusekulawuleni izingozi ezihlobene nokuphepha komlilo., ukuvimbela ukuqhuma, kanye nokunciphisa ukuvuza phakathi nenqubo yokuhlanganisa.