v. To treat or react with a sulfonic acid, or to introduce such a group into a compound.
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n. a salt of sulphonic acid
Word Usage
"Among the claims were that Kiss My Face's "Obsessively Organic" cleansers contained olefin sulfonate, a petrochemical, and that Avalon "Organics" contain the petrochemical Amdiopropyl Betaine."