sulfate
English
Alternative forms
- sulphate (UK)
Etymology
From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“salt”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent of sulfur + -ate.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
sulfate (plural sulfates) (American spelling)
- (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid.
Derived terms
- 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
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inorganic chemistry: any salt of sulfuric acid
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Verb
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- (American spelling, transitive, chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
- (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.
Translations
to treat with sulfuric acid
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of lead batteries: to accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate
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References
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
sulfate
- first-person singular present indicative of sulfater
- third-person singular present indicative of sulfater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sulfater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of sulfater
- second-person singular imperative of sulfater
Spanish
Verb
sulfate
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sulfatar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
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- English terms suffixed with -ate
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