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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

  • • 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.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

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