English
Alternative spellings
sulfamic acid (or amino-sulfuric acid)
Noun
sulphamic acid (or amino-sulphuric acid)
#chemistry the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH<sub>2</sub>) group - SO<sub>2</sub>(OH)(NH<sub>2</sub>)
#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
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