n (butyl octyl phthalate, BOP) A mixed ester of butanol and 2-ethylhexanol, widely used as a primary plasticizer for PVC compounds and plastisols, in which it performs like dioctyl phthalate in most respects. It is also compatible with vinyl chloride-acetate copolymers, cellulose nitrate, ethyl cellulose, polystyrene, chlorinated rubber, and at lower concentrations, with polymethyl methacrylate.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Butyl Ethylhexyl Phthalate. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_1754
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