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Thermal Stability of D.D.T.

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IT appears that on certain information obtained from America the belief has become current that D.D.T. decomposes and loses hydrogen chloride at relatively low temperatures, for example, of the order of 107–130° C.

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  1. Fleck and Haller, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 66, 2095 (1944).

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  1. Pharmaceutical Laboratory, The Geigy Colour Company, Ltd., Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, 17

    I. E. BALABAN & F. K. SUTCLIFFE

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BALABAN, I., SUTCLIFFE, F. Thermal Stability of D.D.T.. Nature 155, 755 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155755b0

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