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Sulfuric Acid

Definition: Sulfuric Acid

Sulfuric Acid

Noun

1. (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Sulfuric Acid

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Health

A strong acid that, when concentrated is extemely corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes. It is used in making fertilizers, dyes, electroplating, and industrial explosives. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Sulfuric Acid

Synonyms: oil of vitriol (n), sulphuric acid (n), vitriol (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sulfuric Acid

English words defined with "sulfuric acid": alpha-naphthol test ♦ battery acid ♦ copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate ♦ electrolyte acid ♦ Molisch reaction, Molisch test, Molisch's test ♦ selenic acid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sulfuric acid": ACID FILLER, acid mine drainage, acid mine water, acid sludge, acid-recovery operator, acidulator, acid-wash operator, agitator operator, alkali bentonite, alum cake, alum earth, alum mixer, ALUM-PLANT OPERATOR, Ammonium Sulfate, ammonium-sulfate operator ♦ benzene operator, BENZENE-WASHER OPERATOR, benzol operator, BOAT LOADER I, BOAT-LOADER HELPER ♦ CADMIUM-LIQUOR MAKER, CATALYST OPERATOR, GASOLINE, CENTRIFUGE-SEPARATOR TENDER, chemical operator, CLEANING MACHINE TENDER, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, COAGULATING-BATH MIXER, contact process, CONTACT-ACID-PLANT OPERATOR ♦ Daniell cell, decomposing furnace, dock hand, dock helper ♦ EXTRACTOR-AND-WRINGER OPERATOR ♦ FAT-PURIFICATION WORKER, FELT CARBONIZER, FERTILIZER MIXER, FIRE-EQUIPMENT INSPECTOR, FIRE-EXTINGUISHER REPAIRER, Frasch process ♦ Gay-Lussac's tower ♦ Hunt and Douglas process, hydrochloric-manufacturing supervisor ♦ Lead Acid Battery, liquor maker ♦ nitric-acid-concentrator operator, nitrosulfuric acid ♦ pH modifier, PHOSPHORIC-ACID OPERATOR, pier hand, pier hand helper, Prayon process, PRECIPITATOR I, PYRIDINE OPERATOR, pyridine-recovery operator ♦ regeneration operator, ROTARY-FURNACE TENDER ♦ SATURATOR OPERATOR, Sawyear-Kjellgren process, SECOND OPERATOR, MILL TENDER, Siemens and Halske process, SLIME-PLANT OPERATOR I, smoke stick, STRONG-NITRIC OPERATOR, sulfate operator, Sulfates, sulfur ball, Sulfuric Acid Esters, Sulfuric Acids, sulfuric-acid-plant operator, SUPERVISOR, ALUM PLANT, SUPERVISOR, HYDROCHLORIC AREA, SUPERVISOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, SUPERVISOR, SULFURIC-ACID PLANT ♦ tc operator, Tetrathionic Acid, Thiess process, Thiobacillus thiooxidans, titanium dioxide pigments, TUNGSTEN REFINER, TWITCHELL OPERATOR ♦ WET MIXER, wharf hand, wharf helper, wharf operator, wharf tender, wharf-tender helper. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Sulfuric Acid

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References

  • The World Market for Sulfuric Acid and Oleum: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Corrosive Agents & Their Interaction With Materials: Sulfuric Acid (The Dechema Corrosion Handbook) (reference)

  • Artists Anodizing Aluminum: The Sulfuric Acid Process (reference)

  • Corrosion in sulfuric acid : proceedings of the CORROSION/85 Symposium on Corrosion in Sulfuric Acid (reference)

  • Hydrodynamic modeling of corrosion of carbon steels and cast irons in sulfuric acid (reference)

  • Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid (A C S Ser.: No. 144) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Sulfuric Acid

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Copperhill, Tennesse. Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant. Credit: Library of Congress.

Train bringing copper ore out of mine. Ducktown, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land. Credit: Library of Congress.

Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress.

Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copper Hill [i.e Copperhill], Tenn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sulfuric Acid

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Economic History

Ukraine

It has a major ferrous metal industry, producing cast iron, steel, and steel pipe, and its chemical industry produces coke, mineral fertilizers, and sulfuric acid. (references)

Uzbekistan

In addition to these minerals, Uzbekistan produces natural gas, silver, zinc, wolfram, lead, sulfuric acid, feldspar, cadmium, molybdenum concentrate, kaolin, and others. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

The FARC used sulfuric acid in the gas canisters that it employed as artillery and continued its practice of using these canisters to attack small towns. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Sulfuric Acid

Expression using "sulfuric acid": Sulfuric Acid Esters. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sulfuric Acid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sulfuric acid

186

sulfuric acid information

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sulfuric Acid

Language Translations for "sulfuric acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

鏹 (money, string of coins). (various references)

   

French

  

indice de coloration sulfurique (sulfuric acid wash test). (various references)

   

German

  

Schwefelsäure (sulphuric, sulphuric acid). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θειικό οξύ (chamber acid, sulphuric acid, vitriol). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kénsav (oil of vitriol, sulphate, vitriol). (various references)

   

Italian

  

acido solforico (E513, sulphuric acid). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

硫酸 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

りゅうさ". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ulfuricsay aciday

   

Portuguese

  

ácido sulfúrico (sulphuric acid). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

серная кислота. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ácido sulfúrico (sulphuric acid). (various references)

   

Thai

  

กร"ซัลฟูริก. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Sulfuric Acid

Misspellings

"Sulfuric Acid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sulferic acid, surfuric acid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Sulfuric Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-f-i-i-l-r-s-u-u"

-3 letters: fasciculi, surficial.

-4 letters: culicids, fiducial, fluidics, suicidal, sulfuric.

-5 letters: carfuls, crucial, culicid, flaccid, fluidic, furcula, sacculi, scaldic, sciurid, silurid, uracils.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet 		9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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