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Definition of Sulfur 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 Sulfur dioxide
1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A toxic gas, of molecular formula SO2 that is found in the emissions of volcanos and those of burning coal or petroleum; dissolves in water to form sulfurous acid and, in the presence of oxygen, sulfuric acid, and is thus responsible for acid rain. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfur Dioxide
Literary usage of Sulfur dioxide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"sulfur dioxide has larger absorption coefficients than ozone at ... When sulfur
dioxide is present, differences in the absorption spectra of ozone and ..."
2. Laboratory Manual of Colloid Chemistry by Harry Nicholls Holmes (1922)
"at various temperatures, the relation between the quantity of sulfur dioxide
adsorbed and the partial pressure or concentration of sulfur dioxide gas in the ..."
3. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"1050 Gravimetric Analysis of Pyrites 1051 sulfur dioxide 1057 Sulfur Burners 1062
sulfur dioxide 1069 Pyrites Burners 1070 sulfur dioxide from Copper ..."
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