sulfation

English

Alternative forms

• sulphation

Noun

sulfation (countable and uncountable, plural sulfations)

1. (chemistry) The replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfate (-OSO₂OH) functional group, or the replacement of the hydrogen atoms of two molecules to form a sulfate (R-OSO₂O-R)

See also

• sulfonation

Anagrams

• antifouls