sulfuric acid

sulfuric acid

English

Alternative forms

• sulphuric acid (mainly UK)

Noun

sulfuric acid (uncountable)

1. (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)