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(US, inorganic chemistry) An inorganic chemical compound, (NH₄)₂SO₄, commonly used as a fertilizer and as a food additive (E517) used as an improving agent.
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(Britain) Alternative spelling of ammonium sulfate [(US, inorganic chemistry) An inorganic chemical compound, (NH₄)₂SO₄, commonly used as a fertilizer and as a food additive (E517) used as an improving agent.]
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(inorganic chemistry, countable) Any salt containing this anion.
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alternative form of barite. [(mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO₄.]
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(chemistry) A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulphate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose.
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(informal) Sodium bicarbonate.
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sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda
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Sodium bicarbonate, bicarb soda.
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(chemistry) Alternative spelling of Brønsted-Lowry base [(chemistry) Any chemical species that acts as an acceptor of protons]
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(inorganic chemistry) The cesium salt of hydrochloric acid, CsCl
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(inorganic chemistry) The calcium salt of sulfuric acid, CaSO₄, the hydrates of which are known as gypsum or plaster of Paris, and the anhydrous mineral form being anhydrite.
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Alternative spelling of calcium sulfate [(inorganic chemistry) The calcium salt of sulfuric acid, CaSO₄, the hydrates of which are known as gypsum or plaster of Paris, and the anhydrous mineral form being anhydrite.]
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(informal, chemistry) Caustic soda.
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sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint, soap and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.
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Ordinary salt (sodium chloride)
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Alternative spelling of copper sulfate [(chemistry) the common name for copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄, which forms blue crystals and is used in agriculture, dyeing, electroplating and many other applications; reducing agents reduce it to the red cuprous sulfate]
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(inorganic chemistry) The inorganic compound, CuSO₄, which forms blue crystals and is used in agriculture, dyeing, electroplating and many other applications.
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(chemistry) potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.
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Alternative form of Epsom salts [magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.]
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An effervescent compound made up of an organic acid with a salt (such as sodium bicarbonate), flavouring and sugar, historically used to treat various ailments and especially as antacids.
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(inorganic chemistry) potassium sulphate
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A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.
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(baking) A leavening agent consisting of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate.
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(obsolete, chemistry) hydrogen sulfide
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(inorganic chemistry) The anion SbCl₆⁻ or any salt containing this anion
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(organic chemistry) Any disulfide R-S-S-R¹ in which both radicals (R and R¹ are the same
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(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of ferrocyanic acid
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(chemistry) sulfurous acid
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Alternative spelling of hydrogen carbonate [(inorganic chemistry, countable) Synonym of bicarbonate]
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(chemistry, archaic) Any hydrosulfide.
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Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite [A basic calcium phosphate mineral that is the principal inorganic constituent of bone and teeth.]
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(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of iron sulphide [(inorganic chemistry) Any of a range of chemical compounds consisting of iron and sulphur.]
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(inorganic chemistry) The green, crystalline salt of divalent iron and sulfuric acid, FeSO₄, used as a pigment, and in water treatment.
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Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
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(inorganic chemistry) An industrial method for the production of sulphuric acid
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(inorganic chemistry) The insoluble lead salt or sulfuric acid, PbSO₄, that forms in lead-acid batteries
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(chemistry) the lithium salt of sulfuric acid, Li₂SO₄; used in the treatment of manic depression etc
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Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
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The magnesium salt of sulfuric acid (chemical formula MgSO₄), commonly called Epsom salts.
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Alternative spelling of magnesium sulfide [(inorganic chemistry) A white, crystalline powder (when pure), usually found in an impure, brown, non-crystalline form.]
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(medicine) A basic sulphate of iron with medical uses.
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(obsolete) sodium chloride or salt
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(inorganic chemistry) sodium hydroxide
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(inorganic chemistry) The most common allotrope of sulfur (S₈), containing eight atoms in a ring.
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(chemistry, dated) Sulphuric acid.
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A mixed oxide and sulfide.
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Alternative form of oxysulfate [(inorganic chemistry) A compound containing both an oxide and a sulfate anion.]
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(inorganic chemistry) a mixed oxide and telluride
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(obsolete, medicine, chemistry) potassium sulfate obtained by fusing niter with sulfur
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(obsolete) Potassium hydroxide.
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(obsolete, chemistry) potassium sulfate
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Alternative spelling of potash of sulfur [(obsolete, chemistry) potassium sulfate]
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(inorganic chemistry) The sulfate double salt of potassium and aluminium KAl(SO₄)₂; occurs naturally as alum
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A potassium salt of citric acid with the molecular formula K₃C₆H₅O₇.
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(chemistry) The potassium salt of sorbic acid.
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(inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of sulfuric acid, K₂SO₄, used as a fertilizer.
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Alternative spelling of potassium sulfate [(inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of sulfuric acid, K₂SO₄, used as a fertilizer.]
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Alternative spelling of potassium sulfite [(inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of sulfurous acid, K₂SO₃, used as a food preservative.]
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(inorganic chemistry) The double salt potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate (KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O), used for various scientific and medical purposes.
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Alternative form of saleratus [sodium bicarbonate]
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(obsolete) Crude potassium bisulfate.
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A solution composed of sodium chloride (NaCl) and water.
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Alternative form of sal soda [sodium carbonate]
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Solid sodium sulfate, a product of various industrial chemical processes.
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(obsolete, chemistry) Sugar of lead.
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(chemistry, obsolete) sodium carbonate
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(chemistry, obsolete) Acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains.
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(obsolete) zinc sulphate
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(originally) Potassium nitrate.
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To react with, or treat with a compound of selenium
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(botany, chemistry) Something which tends to absorb selenium.
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(chemistry) A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.
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(uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).
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Alternative spelling of soda-acid [Used attributively to describe a fire extinguisher that generates a stream of water powered by carbon dioxide generated by reacting sulfuric acid with sodium bicarbonate]
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(chemistry) any of several industrial processes that either use or manufacture sodium hydroxide, but especially a method of making paper from wood pulp
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Used attributively to describe a fire extinguisher that generates a stream of water powered by carbon dioxide generated by reacting sulfuric acid with sodium bicarbonate
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Pronunciation spelling of soda. [(uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).]
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(attributive) Employing sodium.
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(informal) sodium bicarbonate.
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This salt used in cooking as a raising agent, as an antacid, a cleaner, etc.
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(inorganic chemistry) The inorganic compound NaHSO₄, used primarily to lower pH.
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(chemistry) A salt, Na₂CO₃ formally derived from sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid; it is a white powder, soluble in water, with domestic, commercial and industrial uses; it occurs naturally as natrite
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(chemistry) The salt of sodium and citric acid with the chemical formula Na₃C₆H₅O₇ and used primarily as a food additive.
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A mixture of fatty acid salts of coconut oil, used in soapmaking.
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An ionic detergent, sodium dodecyl sulfate, used in many household products.
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(inorganic chemistry) The sodium salt of sulfuric acid, Na₂SO₄; it is a mild laxative (as Glauber's salt), and is used in the manufacture of paper, detergents and many other products.
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The chemical compound Na₂C₄H₄O₆, used as an emulsifier and binding agent in foods such as jellies, margarine, and sausage casings.
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An inorganic compound that is typically available as the pentahydrate, Na₂S₂O₃·5H₂O. It is used in iodometry, photographic processing, gold extraction, etc.
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(dated, especially US) Pronunciation spelling of soda. [(uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).]
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Alternative spelling of subsulfide [(inorganic chemistry) Any sulfide in which the number of sulfur atoms is fewer than the number of cation elements]
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(inorganic chemistry) sodium sulfite
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(inorganic chemistry) Any of several mineral salts that contain an equimolar mixture of sulfate and silicate; the calcium salt is used as a rapid-setting cement
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(chemistry) Any binary compound of sulfur and oxygen; either sulfur monoxide, sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide.
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Alternative spelling of sulphur shelf [A species of bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, found in Europe and North America.]
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Alternative form of sulfacid [thioacid]
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Alternative spelling of sulfanide [(chemistry, uncommon) Bisulfide, the anion HS⁻.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfate of soda [sodium sulfate]
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(inorganic chemistry, chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of sulfite of soda [(inorganic chemistry) sodium sulfite]
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(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of sulfitian [(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing sulfite anions.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur hexafluoride [(chemistry) a gaseous binary compound, SF₆, of sulfur and fluorine, used in the electricity industry as a dielectric]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur rain [Rain that has a pale yellow colour caused by impurities picked up by the falling raindrops.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur salt [salt with about 3% added sulfur; supplied in blocks as a feed supplement for cattle and sheep]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur-colored [(rare) Having a yellow color similar to that of sulfur.]
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(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of sulfurian [(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing sulfur atoms (in place of another element)]
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Alternative form of sulfydrate [(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion -SH⁻ which is the sulfur analogue of hydroxide; any salt containing this anion]
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(chemistry, obsolete) A salt with an excess of acid, such as supertartrate of potash.
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(chemistry, obsolete) impregnated or combined with an excess of sulfur
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(chemistry, obsolete) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
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Naturally occurring elemental sulfur
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(dated) Oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid).
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(chemistry, obsolete) A sulfate.
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sodium carbonate used as a laundry aid
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(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) zinc sulfate
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A soft and waxy allotrope of arsenic.
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alternative form of zinc sulphate. [(British spelling) an inorganic compound with the chemical formula ZnSO₄.]
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