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Definition of Sulphur dioxide
1. Noun. A colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain.
Definition of Sulphur dioxide
1. Noun. (context: inorganic compound chiefly British) (alternative spelling of sulfur dioxide) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphur Dioxide
Literary usage of Sulphur dioxide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"These are the dioxide, SOi, and the trioxide, SO,. sulphur dioxide, SOi, is
prepared, in the laboratory, by treating sodium acid sulphite ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"sulphur dioxide is prepared in large quantities, in the arts, by the simple
process of burn- ini? sulphur with a proper supply of air. ..."
3. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1908)
"sulphur dioxide and Water.—In the case just studied we have seen that the ...
The case of sulphur dioxide and water is also of interest from the fact that ..."
4. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1904)
"sulphur dioxide and Water.—In the case just studied we have seen that the ...
The case of sulphur dioxide and water is also of interest from the fact that ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"It is shown that a reduction in the quantity of sulphur dioxide added to the raw
juice is not necessarily followed by a decrease of sulphur dioxide in the ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"sulphur dioxide is manufactured industrially by roasting certain metallic ...
Liquefied sulphur dioxide is now a regular article of commerce and it is ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"These investigators passed a mixture of sulphur dioxide and oxygen over spongy
platinum, contained in heated quartz tubes, and determined the equi- VOL. ..."
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