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sulfonate

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sulfonate [′səl·fə‚nāt]
(chemistry)
A sulfuric acid derivative or a sulfonic acid ester containing a ‒SO3‒ group.
(organic chemistry)
Any of a group of petroleum hydrocarbons derived from sulfuric-acid treatment of oils, used as synthetic detergents, emulsifying and wetting agents, and chemical intermediates.


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Products used in such markets as automotive, construction, consumer, industrial and agriculture, featured in the literature, include antioxidants, lubricant additives, calcium sulfonate detergent, UV stabilizers, EPDM, antiozonants, urethanes, stabilizers, water additives, coatings and more.
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Tokyo, Japan, Feb 23, 2006 - (JCN) - The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced on February 21 that its Research Institute for Environment Management Technology has developed a method to degrade perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS), a kind of organic fluoride compound that has high environmental persistence and bioaccumulation potential.
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However, environmental monitoring has shown that degradation to persistent molecules does happen on a large scale, as deduced from the worldwide distribution of compounds such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorohexanesulfonate, and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (Dimitrov et al.
Estrogen-like properties of fluorotelomer alcohols as revealed by ... by De Coen, Wim / Environmental Health Perspectives
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