sulphamic acid
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sulfamic acid (or amino-sulfuric acid)
Noun[edit]
sulphamic acid (uncountable) (British spelling)
- (inorganic chemistry) the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH2) group - SO2(OH)(NH2)
- (organic chemistry) any organic compound derived from sulphamic acid by replacing one or two hydrogen atoms of the amine group by an organic radical — for example cyclamic acid where a hydrogen atom is replaced by a cyclohexyl radical