fuming sulfuric acid
1fuming sulfuric acid — noun : oleum 2 * * * fuming sulfuric acid, = pyrosulfuric acid. (Cf. ↑pyrosulfuric acid) …
2fuming sulfuric acid — noun Any solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid; it contains pyrosulfuric acid, and is used in the manufacture of nitroglycerine etc. Syn: oleum …
3fuming sulfuric acid. — See pyrosulfuric acid. * * * …
4fuming sulfuric acid. — See pyrosulfuric acid …
5Sulfuric acid — Sulfuric acid …
6sulfuric 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 …
7sulfuric 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 …
8pyrosulfuric 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 …
9Disulfuric acid — Disulfuric acid …
10pyrosulfuric 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 …
