ETHANOLAMINE

Etymology

Noun

ethanolamine (plural ethanolamines)

(chemistry) a hydroxy-amine, HO.CH2.CH2.NH2, manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia; it is found naturally in a combined form in cephalin, and has many industrial applications

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9 October 2024

VOLATILE

(noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; “it was heated to evaporate the volatiles”


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