sulfuric acid

English

Alternative forms

• sulphuric acid (mainly UK)

Noun

sulfuric acid (uncountable)

1. (American, 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
• German: Schwefelsäure (de) f
• Greek: θεϊκό οξύ n (theïkó oxý)
• Gujarati: ગંધકામ્લ (gandhkāmla)
• Hindi: गंधकाम्ल (hi) (gandhkāmla)
• Hungarian: kénsav (hu)

• Ido: sulfatacido
• Italian: acido solforico (it) m
• Japanese: 硫酸 (ja) (りゅうさん, ryūsan)
• Korean: 황산 (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)