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sulfonic acids

sulfonic acids is the plural of sulfonic acid.

Meaning of sulfonic acid

Noun

sulfonic acid (countable and uncountable, plural sulfonic acids)

  1. (US) a strong inorganic acid, HSO₂OH
  2. (US) the univalent functional group -SO₂OH
  3. (US) any member of the class or organic acids containing this group; used in detergents, dyes and ion exchange resins

Questions about sulfonic acids

What is sulfonic acids the plural of?
Sulfonic acids is the plural of sulfonic acid.

Words near sulfonic acids in the dictionary

  1. sulfonephthalein
  2. sulfonephthaleins
  3. sulfones
  4. sulfonic
  5. sulfonic acid
  6. sulfonic acids
  7. sulfonic anhydride
  8. sulfonic anhydrides
  9. sulfonide
  10. sulfonimidamide
  11. sulfonimidamides

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