Definition of Sulfuric

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or containing sulfur. "Sulphuric esters"

Exact synonyms: Sulphuric
Partainyms: Sulfur, Sulfur
Derivative terms: Sulfur, Sulphur

Definition of Sulfuric

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulfuric

1. pertaining to sulfur [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfuric

sulfurating
sulfuration
sulfurations
sulfured
sulfureous
sulfuret
sulfureted
sulfureting
sulfurets
sulfurette
sulfuretted
sulfuretting
sulfuretum
sulfuretums
sulfurian
sulfuric (current term)
sulfuric acid
sulfuriferous
sulfuring
sulfurise
sulfurised
sulfurises
sulfurising
sulfurity
sulfurization
sulfurizations
sulfurize
sulfurized
sulfurizes
sulfurizing

Literary usage of Sulfuric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"sulfuric Aero, H2SO4 Pure sulfuric acid at ordinary temperatures is a colorless, ... Ordinary commercial sulfuric acid has a specific gravity of 1.83-1.84, ..."

2. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"The Analysis of sulfuric Acid. In connection with the analysis of sulfuric acid, the following ... The gravimetric estimation of sulfuric acid and sulfates. ..."

3. Introduction to the Study of Minerals: A Combined Textbook and Pocket Manual by Austin Flint Rogers (1912)
"sulfuric ACID Chief Mineral. Pyrite. Producing Localities. ... The monazite which occurs in the form of sand is decomposed by sulfuric acid. ..."

4. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"When gasoline or kerosene containing unsaturated substances is refined by sulfuric acid and then redistilled, liberation of sulfur dioxide is always noted. ..."

5. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1916)
"The question is whether this decomposition between free sulfuric acid and the sodium salt proceeds so rapidly that in the acetylation proper, cellulose is ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"These were half filled with concentrated sulfuric acid. ... Hydrochloric acid gas was generated by dropping concentrated sulfuric acid from the buret C into ..."

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