Meanings
- uncountablechemistryAn amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.
Trilaurylamine extracts plutonium from HNO₃ solutions.
1958, Reactor Fuel Processing, volume 1, page 121 more example
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 255Synonyms: TLA
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.
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