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Mercaptan vs Hs - What's the difference?

mercaptan | hs |

As nouns the difference between mercaptan and hs

is that mercaptan is any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols while Hs is plural of H.

mercaptan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols.

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    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • Symbol for hassium.
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