Associations to the word «Sulfonation»

Wiktionary

SULFONATION, noun. (chemistry) The replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfonic acid (-SO3H) functional group, often by reaction with sulfuric acid at high temperatures

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats