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  • noun Plural form of sulphonate.

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  • OTHER PRODUCTS: Plastified sulphur sulphonates and siliconates (water repellents).

    Chapter 11 1994

  • Ekman has patented a process (D.R.P. 81,643) for 'salting out' the lignone sulphonates, the product being resoluble in water and the solution having some of the properties of a solution of dextrin.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • The acidity above mentioned is possessed by a Neradol D containing 17 per cent. ash and 30 per cent. sodium sulphonates and Glauber's salts crystals respectively.

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

  • The latter are obtained by the action of chlorosulphonic acid on aromatic hydrocarbons; a simpler method, however, is to treat the dry alkali sulphonates with phosphorus pentachloride --

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

  • A similar effect, though of opposite nature from a tanning standpoint, is exhibited by sulphonates on certain colloidal dark coloured substances.

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

  • It remains yet to be determined whether the sulphonic acid influences the leather substance to the extent that sulphuric acid does; it must, however, be borne in mind that Neradol D in addition to free sulphonic acid also contains sulphonates and sulphates, which may enter into the leather and thus increase the sulphur contents of the latter.

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

  • These azo compounds are coloured, but are perfectly insoluble in water, alkalies, or acids; on the other hand the sulphonates of these bodies are easily soluble and form the numerous azo dyes now so largely made and used in wool and silk dyeing, but which on account of their being sulphonates cannot be used for cotton dyeing.

    The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

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