sulfate

See also sulfaté

English

Alternative forms

• sulphate (UK)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sʌlˈfeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /sVl"fEIt/

Noun

sulfate (plural sulfates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid.

Derived terms

Terms derived from sulfate

aluminic sulfate, aluminic sulphate aluminium sulfate, aluminium sulphate aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate, aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulphate barium sulfate, barium sulphate beryllium sulfate, beryllium sulphate bisulfate, bisulphate cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate ceric ammonium sulfate, ceric ammonium sulphate ceric sulfate, ceric sulphate copper sulfate, copper sulphate cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate cuprosulfate, cuprosulphate disulfate, disulphate ferroso-aluminic sulfate, ferroso-aluminic sulphate ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate gadolinium ethyl sulfate gadolinium sulfate, gadolinium sulphate gadolinium sulfate octahydrate, gadolinium sulphate octahydrate hydrogen sulfate, hydrogen sulphate hydropotassic sulfate, hydropotassic sulphate hydrosodic sulfate, hydrosodic sulphate hyposulfate, hyposulphate iodosulfate, iodosulphate iridico-ammonic sulfate, iridico-ammonic sulphate iron sulfate, iron sulphate lithium sulfate, lithium sulphate magnesio-aluminic sulfate, magnesio-aluminic sulphate magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, magnesium sulphate heptahydrate manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate manganous sulfate, manganous sulphate nickel sulfate, nickel sulphate nitrososulfate, nitrososulphate persulfate, persulphate potassio-chromic sulfate, potassio-chromic sulphate

potassio-ferric sulfate, potassio-ferric sulphate potassio-manganic sulfate, potassio-manganic sulphate potassium aluminium sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate pyrosulfate, pyrosulphate radium sulfate, radium sulphate rubidium sulfate, rubidium sulphate sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate sulfat-, sulphat- sulfate ion, sulphate ion sulfate of ammonia, sulphate of ammonia sulfate of copper, sulphate of copper sulfate of iron, sulphate of iron sulfate of lime, sulphate of lime sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda sulfate of zinc, sulphate of zinc sulfate process, sulphate process sulfate pulp, sulphate pulp sulfate-reducing, sulphate-reducing sulfatide, sulphatide sulfating, sulphating sulfation, sulphation sulfatite, sulphatite sulfato-, sulphato- tellurium sulfate, tellurium sulphate thallium sulfate, thallium sulphate thiosulfate, thiosulphate thorium sulfate, thorium sulphate trisulfate, trisulphate uranic sulfate, uranic sulphate urano-ammonic sulfate, urano-ammonic sulphate uranoso-ammonic sulfate, uranoso-ammonic sulphate uranoso-uranic sulfate, uranoso-uranic sulphate uranous sulfate, uranous sulphate vanadious sulfate, vanadious sulphate vanadous sulfate, vanadous sulphate vanadyl sulfate, vanadyl sulphate zinco-sulfate, zinco-sulphate

Translations

organic chemistry: any ester of sulfuric acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硫酸鹽 (cmn), 硫酸盐 (cmn) (liúsuānyán)

• Czech: síran (cs) m
• Finnish: sulfaatti (fi)

• Japanese: 硫酸 (ja) (りゅうさん, ryūsan)
• Polish: siarczan (pl) m
• Russian: сульфат (ru) (sul'fát) m 
• Spanish: sulfato (es) m

inorganic chemistry: any salt of sulfuric acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硫酸鹽 (cmn), 硫酸盐 (cmn) (liúsuānyán)

• Czech: síran (cs) m

• Finnish: sulfaatti (fi)
• Polish: siarczan (pl) m
• Spanish: sulfato (es) m

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• Italian: solfato m
• Swedish: sulfat n

Verb

sulfate (third-person singular simple present sulfates, present participle sulfating, simple past and past participle sulfated)

1. (transitive, chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
2. (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

Translations

to treat with sulfuric acid

• Finnish: sulfatoida (fi)
• Italian: solfitare (it)

• Spanish: sulfatar (es)

of lead batteries: to accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate

• Finnish: sulfatoitua (fi)

• Spanish: sulfatar (es)

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: sulfatent, sulfates

Verb

sulfate

1. first-person singular present indicative of sulfater
2. third-person singular present indicative of sulfater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sulfater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sulfater
5. second-person singular imperative of sulfater

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Spanish

Verb

sulfate (infinitive sulfatar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sulfatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.