Definition of Sulphurise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of sulfurize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulphurise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphurise

sulphureous
sulphuret
sulphureted
sulphurets
sulphurette
sulphuretted
sulphuretted hydrogen
sulphuretum
sulphuretums
sulphurian
sulphuric
sulphuric acid
sulphuriferous
sulphurine
sulphuring
sulphurise (current term)
sulphurised
sulphurises
sulphurising
sulphurity
sulphurization
sulphurizations
sulphurize
sulphurless
sulphurlike
sulphurous
sulphurous acid
sulphurously
sulphurs
sulphurtransferase

Literary usage of Sulphurise

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

1. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1898)
"... in order to sulphurise any copper that might otherwise pass into the slag, and to collect it in a matte. It is therefore better not to roast enough than ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1869)
"This, together with the zinc blende which has remained undecomposed, will not enter the matt, but will sulphurise part of the protoxide of iron contained in ..."

3. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1905)
"... a small quantity of sulphur must be left, in order to sulphurise any copper that might otherwise pass into the slag, and to collect it in a matte. ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1899)
"... to completely sulphurise the silver. By using this method the experiments were only limited, at about 700°, by the softening of the glass. ..."

5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1853)
"... as it were, like peroxides ; they may sulphurise other metals, but do not combine with their sulphur compounds. ..."

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