alkyl
- n any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
- Real success did not come until after the war, when they developed the sodium alkyl sulfates.
- SCIENCE Sulphonated castor oil, the sodium alkyl sulphates, and the sodium salts of sulphonated alkyl naphthalenes are "wetting agents.
- But when Lasker learned that Pepsodent toothpaste contained a detergent called sodium alkyl sulphate, he ordered his own writers to rename the ingredient in three vowels and two .