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Definition of Sulfuric acid

1. Noun. (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry.

Definition of Sulfuric acid

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A transparent, oily liquid, formula H₂SO₄, that is a strong acid with very many industrial applications. ¹

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Literary usage of Sulfuric acid

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. 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 ..."

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. Portugal leads in the production of pyrite, with the United States second. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"The aqueous solution of the nitrite can be evaporated over sulfuric acid without ... PURE acetone, (180 grammes) was treated with concentrated sulfuric acid ..."

5. 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. ..."

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