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- noun organic chemistry, in combination Three
butyl groups in a compound
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That same year, the Washington Times reported that a Chinese company had sold North Korea 20 tons of tributyl phosphate, a key ingredient for extracting plutonium from spent fuel rods.
China Joins the Axis of Evil Bret Stephens 2010
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• Organosulfurs will increase their presence in the marine antifouling market as an environmentally preferable alternative to tributyl tin and other heavy metal antimicrobials that being are replaced.
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