trilaurylamine

English

Noun

trilaurylamine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An amine with three lauryl radicals, used primarily as an extractant.

   Synonym: TLA

   • 1958, Reactor Fuel Processing, volume 1, page 12:

     Trilaurylamine extracts plutonium from HNO₃ solutions.

   • 1967, Robert Noyes, Phosphoric acid by the wet process, page 255:

     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.