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sulfone

sulfone

7.8
A type of chemical used in medicines and industry
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌlfoʊn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sulfona
  • The company produces a new type of sulfone that is used in the manufacturing of plastics.

Examples

  • It could do another oxygen and give a sulfone as it's called.

  • What is noteworthy is that the fluoroalcohol group does not seem to induce swelling in the poly(norbornene sulfone).

    Academic text (2001)

  • The rigid backbone structure of the poly(norbornene sulfone) may be responsible, at least in part, for the fast dissolution rate.

    Academic text (2001)

  • DIAGRAM: Scheme II; Poly (1-butene sulfone) (PBS) resist.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Another example of chain-scission resists is poly(1-butene sulfone), known as PBS (Scheme II), which was developed concurrently at Bell Laboratories, RCA, and IBM 14-16.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Sulfone drugs have been effective in treating various diseases since their introduction.

  • Researchers are studying the properties of sulfone compounds for their potential in medical applications.

Surface Forms

sulfone singular
sulfones plural

Morphology

sulfone = sulfur (opaque) = sulfon + one

The term uses the specialized chemical combining form 'sulfon-' derived from sulfur plus the technical suffix '-one', a formation unlikely to be transparent to average B1 learners without chemistry knowledge.

Etymology

Sulfone comes from sulfur, the yellow chemical element, plus the chemical ending -one. So a sulfone is a compound built around sulfur and oxygen, which is why sulfones are used in medicines and industry.