sulfuric acid

English

Alternative forms

sulphuric acid (mainly UK)

Noun

sulfuric acid (uncountable)

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) A transparent, oily liquid, formula H₂SO₄, that is a strong acid with very many industrial applications.

Synonyms

E513 when used as a food additive

Derived terms

chlorhydrosulfuric acid, chlorhydrosulphuric acid
chlorosulfuric acid, chlorosulphuric acid
disulfuric acid, disulphuric acid
fluorosulfuric acid, fluorosulphuric acid
fuming sulfuric acid, fuming sulphuric acid
hyposulfuric acid, hyposulphuric acid

nitrosylsulfuric acid, nitrosylsulphuric acid
peroxydisulfuric acid, peroxydisulphuric acid
peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulphuric acid
pyrosulphuric acid, pyrosulphuric acid
thiosulfuric acid, thiosulphuric acid

Related terms

sulfate, sulphate, oleum

Translations

H2SO4

Armenian: ծծմբական թթու (ccmbakan tʿtʿu)
Catalan: àcid sulfúric m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 硫酸 (zh) (liúsuān)
Czech: kyselina sírová (cs) f
Danish: svovlsyre (da)
Dutch: zwavelzuur (nl) n
Faroese: svávulsýra f
Finnish: rikkihappo (fi)
French: acide sulfurique (fr) m
Georgian: გოგირდმჟავა (gogirdmžava)
German: Schwefelsäure (de) f
Greek: θεϊκό οξύ n (theïkó oxý)
Gujarati: ગંધકામ્લ (gandhkāmla)
Hindi: गंधकाम्ल (hi) (gandhkāmla)
Hungarian: kénsav (hu)
Ido: sulfatacido

Indonesian: asam sulfat
Italian: acido solforico (it) m
Japanese: 硫酸 (ja) (りゅうさん, ryūsan)
Javanese: asem sulfat
Korean: 황산 (ko) (hwangsan) (黃酸 (ko))
Latvian: sērskābe f
Low German: swefelsüür
Maori: waikawa pungatara
Polish: kwas siarkowy (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido sulfúrico m
Romanian: acid sulfuric (ro) m
Russian: се́рная кислота́ (ru) f (sérnaja kislotá)
Slovak: kyselina sírová f
Spanish: ácido sulfúrico m
Swedish: svavelsyra (sv) c
Turkish: sülfürik asit (tr)

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