- fuming sulfuric acid
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Any solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid; it contains pyrosulfuric acid, and is used in the manufacture of nitroglycerine etc.
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fuming sulfuric acid — noun : oleum 2 * * * fuming sulfuric acid, = pyrosulfuric acid. (Cf. ↑pyrosulfuric acid) … Useful english dictionary
fuming sulfuric acid. — See pyrosulfuric acid. * * * … Universalium
fuming sulfuric acid. — See pyrosulfuric acid … Useful english dictionary
Sulfuric acid — Sulfuric acid … Wikipedia
sulfuric acid — Chem. a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water miscible liquid, H2SO4, usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining. Also … Universalium
sulfuric acid — H2SO4; a colorless, nearly odorless, heavy, oily, corrosive liquid containing 96% of the absolute acid; used occasionally as a caustic. SYN: oil of vitriol. fuming s. SYN: Nordhausen s.. Nordhausen s. s. containing sulfurous acid gas in solution … Medical dictionary
pyrosulfuric acid — “+... noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyr + sulfuric : an unstable, crystalline acid H2S2O7 that is usually handled commercially as a thick oily fuming liquid, that is formed by the union of sulfur trioxide with sulfuric acid … Useful english dictionary
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pyrosulfuric acid — noun The acid, HSO, formed by the reaction of sulfur trioxide with sulfuric acid; used in the manufacture of explosives etc. Syn: fuming sulfuric acid, oleum See Also: pyrosulfate … Wiktionary
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