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Very corrosive liquid
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sulphuric acid
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry [syn: vitriol , oil of vitriol , sulfuric acid ]
Wiktionary
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alt. (context British spelling inorganic compound English) A colourless highly corrosive liquid, H 2 SO 4 . n. (context British spelling inorganic compound English) A colourless highly corrosive liquid, H 2 SO 4 .
Wikipedia
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Sulphuric Acid is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb . It was first published in 2005. It details the thoughts and pursuits of the people involved in a reality show recreating a concentration camp. The book provoked strong reactions, both for and against. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As time passed, larger and larger quantities of sulphuric acid were exploded, prompting cheers from the crowd. ▪ Every year Val'Ouest will use 32,000 tonnes of ammonia and 92,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid to treat 300,000 tonnes ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.] (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed ...
Usage examples of sulphuric acid.
Then a battery must have broken loose and smashed another, and another, and another, and then the jars and carboys until the entire floor-fortunately of acid-resisting material-was awash to a depth of five or six inches in sulphuric acid.
This was true acid rain, she supposed, sulphuric acid droplets formed kilometers above.
My nostrils twitched to the pungent combined smells of oil and sulphuric acid.
He took a few cubic centimetres of some culture which he had been preparing, placed it in a tube, and poured in eight or ten drops of sulphuric acid.
Now the beach supplied sand, lime supplied chalk, sea-weeds supplied soda, pyrites supplied sulphuric acid, and the ground supplied coal to heat the kiln to the wished-for temperature.
They had emptied two-and-a-half carboys of concentrated sulphuric acid, and burned eleven embryos beneath the sand.
Fifty miles of carbon dioxide, laced with a little sulphuric acid.
I'm going to show you how the d'zertanoj distill oil, how the Mastreguloj make sulphuric acid, how the Trozelligoj build engines.
This tannin differs from that of galls and oak- bark, and does not yield glucose when acted upon by sulphuric acid, which, it is stated, resolves it into almine red and sugar.
This process is conducted with a view of improving the colour and odour of the Hops, since sulphuric acid is found to retard the production of the Valerianic odour and to both preserve and improve the colour of the Hops.