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perfluorooctanesulfonate

perfluorooctanesulfonate is the alternative form of perfluorooctane sulfonate.

Meaning of perfluorooctane sulfonate

Noun

perfluorooctane sulfonate (uncountable)

  1. Any salt or ester of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid.
    • Curious, I looked it up and discovered that it's in the class of chemicals that were manufactured by 3M for use in Scotchguard, among other consumer products and applications. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) received a flurry of attention around 2000, when studies of its effects on animal and...2007, Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health, Island Press, →ISBN, page 284

Forms of perfluorooctanesulfonate

pluralperfluorooctanesulfonates

Questions about perfluorooctanesulfonate

What is perfluorooctanesulfonate the alternative form of?
Perfluorooctanesulfonate is the alternative form of perfluorooctane sulfonate.

Words near perfluorooctanesulfonate in the dictionary

  1. perfluorononanoates
  2. perfluorononanoic acid
  3. perfluorooctane
  4. perfluorooctane sulfonate
  5. perfluorooctanesulfonamide
  6. perfluorooctanesulfonate
  7. perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
  8. perfluorooctanoate
  9. perfluorooctanoic
  10. perfluorooctanoic acid
  11. perfluorooctyl

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