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Definition of Sulfate
1. Verb. Convert into a sulfate.
2. Noun. A salt or ester of sulphuric acid.
Specialized synonyms: Barium Sulfate, Barium Sulphate, Blanc Fixe, Copper Sulfate, Copper Sulphate, Cupric Sulfate, Cupric Sulphate, Magnesium Sulfate, Sls, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Sulphate, White Vitriol, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Sulphate, Zinc Vitriol
Generic synonyms: Salt
Definition of Sulfate
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid. ¹
2. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide. ¹
4. Verb. (context: of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sulfate
1. to treat with sulfuric acid [v -FATED, -FATING, -FATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfate
Literary usage of Sulfate
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)
"de baryte, barium sulfate. — de chaux, calcium sulfate. — de cuivre, copper sulfate.
— de fer, iron sulfate. — de magnésie, magnésium sulfate. ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"ammonium sulfate and bisulfate and 4 X 10~4 M in sodium perchlorate. ... In order
to exclude any possible precipitation of sodium sulfate a similar solution ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"This is important, for if the lime is added to so strong a solution of sulfate
of copper, a curdling process will follow. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"Of the added sulfur oxidized during this later stage, more than 50 per cent, was
converted to sulfate. It was found that increasing the air rate, ..."
5. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"Magnesium Gluconate, page 260 TESTS sulfate Determine as directed for sulfate
Limit Test under Chloride and sulfate Limit Tests, Appendix IIIB. ..."
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