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Oily liquid
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oleum
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n. (context inorganic compound English) A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid.
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Oleum ( Latin oleum = "oil"), or fuming sulfuric acid , is a solution of various compositions of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid , or sometimes more specifically to disulfuric acid (also known as pyrosulfuric acid). Oleum is idenfied by the CAS number ...
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A fatty oil is obtained by expression, known officially as Gynocardia oil in Britain, as Oleum Chaulmoograe in the U.