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sulphonic acid

sulphonic acid is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of sulphonic acid

pluralsulphonic acids

Words formed from sulphonic acid

Questions about sulphonic acid

What is sulphonic acid the alternative spelling of?
Sulphonic acid is the alternative spelling of sulfonic acid.

Words near sulphonic acid in the dictionary

  1. sulphonediimine
  2. sulphonediimines
  3. sulphonephthalein
  4. sulphones
  5. sulphonic
  6. sulphonic acid
  7. sulphonic acids
  8. sulphonic anhydride
  9. sulphonic anhydrides
  10. sulphonimide
  11. sulphonimides

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