Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fa-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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)

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sulfations (plural) sulphation (alternative)

Derived Forms

desulfation oversulfation polysulfation undersulfation

Frequently Paired Words

sulfonation

Questions

What does sulfation mean?: 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)

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