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Definition of Desulfur
1. Verb. (transitive) to remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desulfur
1. to free from sulfur [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desulfur
Literary usage of Desulfur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... desulfur. dessous, adv. Л prep, below, under, underneath, beneath. —m.
under side, bottom; wrong side (of cloth) ; support for a dish. ..."
2. One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment by Cheryl Simon Silver, Ruth S. DeFries (1990)
"... and spraying the exhaust with wet limestone to neutralize the acid (a process
known as flue-gas desulfur- ization). These methods have trade-offs. ..."
3. Bioremediation: Nature's Cleanup Tool by Michael Sims (1993)
"To obtain this "inorganic" sulfur, researchers are experimenting with a wide
variety of desulfur- Of course, since natural microbes are notoriously slow ..."
4. Making Economic and Environmental Sense: How Green Technology Works Better by Karen Flagstad (1994)
"Japan's adaptation of flue-gas desulfur- ization for Chinese power plants is an
example of this approach. There is an especially critical need to expand ..."
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