triethanolamine
Noun
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triethanolamine (uncountable)
(organic chemistry) The tertiary amine (HO-CH2-CH2)3N derived from ethanolamine
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Diethanolamine and triethanolamine are used in flex molded foams to build firmness and add catalytic activity.
Initiators such as ethylenediamine and triethanolamine are used to make low molecular weight rigid foam polyols that have built-in catalytic activity due to the presence of nitrogen atoms in the backbone.