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trilaurylamine

trilaurylamine noun: an amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.

Noun

trilaurylamine (uncountable)

  1. An amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.
    • Trilaurylamine extracts plutonium from HNO₃ solutions.1958, Reactor Fuel Processing, volume 1, page 12
    • Suitable amines thus include octadecylamine, methyl dioctylamine, dinonylamine, dilauryl butylamine, trilaurylamine and trinonylamine, and they may be used in any amount from an effective trace up to an equal weight with the alcohol.1967, Robert Noyes, Phosphoric acid by the wet process, page 255
    Synonyms:
    TLA

Synonyms of trilaurylamine

Questions about trilaurylamine

What does trilaurylamine mean?
Trilaurylamine means an amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.
What part of speech is trilaurylamine?
Trilaurylamine is a noun.

Words near trilaurylamine in the dictionary

  1. trilateralness
  2. trilaterate
  3. trilateration
  4. trilaterations
  5. trilaurin
  6. trilaurylamine
  7. trilayer
  8. trilayered
  9. trilayers
  10. trilbied
  11. trilbies

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