A product of petroleum gases, principally propane and butane, which must be stored under pressure to keep it in a liquid state. At atmospheric pressure and above freezing temperature, these substances would be gases. Large quantities of propane and butane are now available from the gas and petroleum industries. These are often employed as fuel for tractors, trucks, and buses and mainly as a domestic fuel in remote areas. Because of the low boiling point (−47 to 32°F or −44 to 0°C) and high vapour pressure of these gases, their handling as liquids in pressure cylinders is necessary. Owing to demand from industry for butane derivations, LPG sold as fuel is made up largely of propane.