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SULFONIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfonic acid mean?
• SULFONIC ACID (noun)
The noun SULFONIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. an acid derived from sulphuric acid
Familiarity information: SULFONIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acid derived from sulphuric acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
sulfonic acid; sulphonic acid
Hypernyms ("sulfonic acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
Context examples
The sodium salt of benzidinediazo-bis-1-naphthylamine-4-sulfonic acid; a diazo dye that is red in alkaline solution and blue in acid solution and used especially as an indicator and as a biological stain.
(Congo Red, NCI Thesaurus)
The beads consist of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) microspheres modified with sulfonic acid groups and loaded with idarubicin.
(Idarubicin-Eluting Beads, NCI Thesaurus)
The beads consist of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) microspheres modified with sulfonic acid groups and loaded with doxorubicin.
(Doxorubicin-Eluting Beads, NCI Thesaurus)
An ester of alkane sulfonic acid that acts as an alkylating agent.
(Alkylsulfonate Compound, NCI Thesaurus)
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