Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sulphonic

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sulphonic

Subjects in this Topic:

Sulphocarbonate
Sulphocarbonic
Sulphocyanate
Sulphocyanic
Sulphocyanide
Sulphocyanogen
Sulphonal
Sulphonate
Sulphone
Sulphonic
Sulphonium
Sulphophosphate
Sulphophosphite
Sulphophosphoric
Sulphophosphorous
Sulphosalt
Sulphostannate
Sulphostannic
Sulphotungstate

(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance.