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248 months ago

Mina Vavoula (a guest user) asked this question:

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247 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar   wrote:

sodium dodecyle sulphate

My comment:

1. I insist on the "sulphate" spelling if this is required in English as the world knows it, and not particularly in American 'English' (which I personally consider a contradiction in terms).
2. I see several references on the internet to 'dodecyle' in English, and do not see the need for dropping the 'e'.

248 months ago

Pamela Seidel   wrote:

sodium dodecyl sulphate

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248 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.   wrote:

sodium dodecyl sulfate

My comment:

It is as in the French, without the "e" at the end of "dodecyl".

My references:

Just enter the term in any search engine to check that I am right.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

248 months ago

English Lecturer   wrote:

sulphate is not spelt with an f in English.

247 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.   wrote:

I agree that "sulphate" used to be the English spelling, but check the Internet to see that "sulfate" is now used also. Either is valid.

247 months ago

English Lecturer   wrote:

Sorry, I stand corrected- I see that it is an accepted spelling for N. America- but NOT in Britain where I come from.

247 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar   wrote:

I agree with Pamela, and am amused by Heather's "used to be the English spelling". Heather, 'sulphate' IS the English spelling, 'sulfate' is only one of the Americanisms foisted on all of us only because most of the internet jargon originates in the U.S.