Any of four isomeric alcohols used as solvents and in organic synthesis.
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The latter symptoms, often described as a ‘drunk’ feeling, possibly resulted from tertiary butyl alcohol - a major metabolic product of MTBE in humans.
Hearing loss has been reported in workers chronically exposed to butyl alcohol.
Tissue dehydration was accomplished by submerging samples in a series of ethanol: tertiary butyl alcohol, and embedding them in small blocks of solid paraffin.
This invention relates to a method for separating tetrachloroethylene from the butyl alcohols using certain organic compounds as the agent in extractive distillation.
Generally, methyl alcohol is the most corrosive and butyl alcohol is least corrosive.
Definition of butyl alcohol in US English:
butyl alcohol
noun
Any of four isomeric alcohols used as solvents and in organic synthesis.
Example sentencesExamples
Generally, methyl alcohol is the most corrosive and butyl alcohol is least corrosive.
The latter symptoms, often described as a ‘drunk’ feeling, possibly resulted from tertiary butyl alcohol - a major metabolic product of MTBE in humans.
Tissue dehydration was accomplished by submerging samples in a series of ethanol: tertiary butyl alcohol, and embedding them in small blocks of solid paraffin.
Hearing loss has been reported in workers chronically exposed to butyl alcohol.
This invention relates to a method for separating tetrachloroethylene from the butyl alcohols using certain organic compounds as the agent in extractive distillation.