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sulphamic acid

sulphamic acid noun: the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH₂) group - SO₂(OH)(NH₂).

Noun

sulphamic acid (uncountable)

  1. (UK) the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH₂) group - SO₂(OH)(NH₂)
  2. (UK) any organic compound derived from sulphamic acid by replacing one or two hydrogen atoms of the amine group by an organic radical — for example cyclamic acid where a hydrogen atom is replaced by a cyclohexyl radical

Forms of sulphamic acid

alternative formsulfamic acid

Questions about sulphamic acid

What does sulphamic acid mean?
Sulphamic acid means the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH₂) group - SO₂(OH)(NH₂).
What part of speech is sulphamic acid?
Sulphamic acid is a noun.

Words near sulphamic acid in the dictionary

  1. sulphamates
  2. sulphamethoxazole
  3. sulphamethoxydiazine
  4. sulphamethoxypyridazine
  5. sulphamic
  6. sulphamic acid
  7. sulphamidate
  8. sulphamidates
  9. sulphamide
  10. sulphamides
  11. sulphamidic acid

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